Vaccination Outreach

About the Project

#TASHCares is part of a project to raise awareness about the health benefits of COVID-19 vaccines, including the latest boosters, as well as flu and Mpox vaccines for people with disabilities (self-advocates), family caregivers, and direct support providers.

Find out how you can get the latest booster: https://www.vaccines.gov/.

News

Results of TASH Vaccination Survey, Part 1

March 23, 2023 No Comments

In early February TASH conducted a survey on vaccinations of all of our contacts as part of our #TASHcares project to raise vaccine awareness. The survey was brief, but addressed vaccination levels, attitudes, motivations and information sources. Over the course of a series of blog posts, we will share some

A photograph of Kizzmekia Corbett. She is a black woman with high, parted hair, wearing a bright yellow dress and a white lab coat. She is leaning against a desk in an office.

Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett Helped Unlock the Science of the COVID-19 Vaccine

February 27, 2023 No Comments

On January 11, 2020 Chinese scientists posted the genetic sequence for SARS-CoV-2 on the Internet. The next day a team of CDC virologists began designing the genetic sequence for the vaccine. On the 13th they completed their design and e-mailed it to Moderna, who, in six weeks, began human trials.

Vaccination Testimonials

Cheryl Bates-Harris begins the #TASHcares series of video testimonials on the importance of people with disabilities (self-advocates), family caregivers, and direct support providers receiving the latest COVID-19 vaccines and boosters. She tells about her experience of the lockdowns and her relief at how the vaccine allowed her to resume her normal life.

Ricardo Thornton discusses his experience of the COVID-19 vaccine. At first he didn’t want to get vaccinated, then because all the people in his life – his employer, concern for library patrons, the encouragement of staff at D.C. Disability Services, his grandchildren and his wife – he decided to get fully vaccinated.