{"id":6147,"date":"2021-03-19T00:02:48","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T07:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/a-shot-at-equity-usc-vaccination-site-aims-to-expand-access-to-immunization\/"},"modified":"2024-02-12T11:04:20","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T19:04:20","slug":"a-shot-at-equity-usc-vaccination-site-aims-to-expand-access-to-immunization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/a-shot-at-equity-usc-vaccination-site-aims-to-expand-access-to-immunization\/","title":{"rendered":"A shot at equity: USC vaccination site aims to expand access to immunization"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-container\">\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <span>Campus News<\/span>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field 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1.4;\">Traffic on Flower Street has been thicker than normal as cars queue up to enter the parking garage near the southeast corner of USC\u2019s University Park Campus, where the city is operating its newest vaccination site. The clinic\u2019s goal is 5,000 doses daily.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; font-family: 'Adobe Caslon Pro', Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; margin-top: 16px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; line-height: 1.4;\">\u201cIt\u2019s our privilege to help in this effort and actively partner with the city and Mayor Garcetti to fight this virus,\u201d said USC President Carol L. Folt. \u201cThis center will help bring vaccines into communities most impacted by COVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; font-family: 'Adobe Caslon Pro', Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; margin-top: 16px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; line-height: 1.4;\">Data from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health showed just over 4% of South L.A. residents vaccinated as of mid-February, while the positivity rate for COVID-19 was 16%. In early March, the state set aside 40% of its vaccine supply for communities suffering the biggest impact from COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; font-family: 'Adobe Caslon Pro', Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; margin-top: 16px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; line-height: 1.4;\">The Flower Street location, close to public transit stops, welcomes drive-up or walk-up appointments and administers the Moderna vaccine.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"border: 0px; font-family: National, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1; color: #000000;\">USC vaccination sites positioned to assist L.A. communities in need<\/h2>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; font-family: 'Adobe Caslon Pro', Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; margin-top: 16px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; line-height: 1.4;\">To help South L.A. residents get to the USC vaccination site, Uber is offering 15,000 free with another 20,000 rides at half price.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; font-family: 'Adobe Caslon Pro', Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; margin-top: 16px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; line-height: 1.4;\">The Flower Street location is operated by a partnership that includes L.A. County, the L.A. City Fire Department and the nonprofit&nbsp;<a style=\"border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #990000; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coreresponse.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Community Organized Relief Effort<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; font-family: 'Adobe Caslon Pro', Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; margin-top: 16px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; line-height: 1.4;\">Faculty, alumni, students and residents from the&nbsp;<a style=\"border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #990000; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" href=\"https:\/\/pharmacyschool.usc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USC School of Pharmacy<\/a>&nbsp;are among those staffing the site and the&nbsp;<a style=\"border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #990000; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.usc.edu\/182730\/usc-free-covid-19-vaccine-clinic-eastside-los-angeles\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">clinic at Lincoln Park<\/a>. That site, near the Health Sciences Campus, opened in December and vaccinates about 1,200 people each day. It grew from the pharmacy school\u2019s effort to distribute the flu vaccine at COVID-19 testing sites last fall.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; font-family: 'Adobe Caslon Pro', Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; margin-top: 16px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; line-height: 1.4;\">People 65 and over, health care workers, persons with high-risk medical conditions and those who work in education, emergency services and food service were eligible for vaccination on the clinic\u2019s opening day. Eligibility has since expanded to include those between 16 and 64 with underlying health conditions or disabilities that put them at the highest risk.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; font-family: 'Adobe Caslon Pro', Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.125rem; margin-top: 16px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; line-height: 1.4;\">To register for vaccination with the city of Los Angeles,&nbsp;<a style=\"border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #990000; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;\" href=\"https:\/\/carbonhealth.com\/covid-19-vaccines\/los-angeles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">visit this site<\/a>&nbsp;or call 833-540-0473. 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