On Friday, September 25th, the San Diego Black Nurses Association, in partnership with the San Diego Immunization Coalition and AARP San Diego Metro Chapter, 4916 conducted a Community Flu Shot Clinic and Media Kick off event. The clinic was held at the Martin Luther King Community Center on Skyline Drive.  The event was a tremendous success-nearly 400 persons received seasonal flu shots, breaking the previous year’s record of just over 200. Radio Latina was instrumental in helping to promote the event, which attracted local and regional media outlets such as KGTV Ch. 10, San Diego Union Tribune newspaper, and the Univision Hispanic TV channel.

There was also a press conference sponsored by community partners and the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency. Speakers included Dr. Dean Sidelinger, County Deputy Public Health Officer; Syvera Hardy from the San Diego Black Nurses Association; Dr. Josef B. Zwass, a pediatrician from Kaiser Permanente; Dr. William P. Hitchcock, a pediatrician with La Jolla Pediatrics and Dr. Mark Sawyer, Medical Director of the San Diego Immunization Partnership and a member of the San Diego Immunization Coalition.

EVENT PHOTOS

Fourth District Supervisor Ron Roberts addressed the media during the press conference at the Flu Campaign Kickoff Event

Dr. Joseph Zwass, a pediatrician from Kaiser Permanente, spoke at the press conference

Dr. Mark Sawyer, Medical Director of the San Diego Immunization Partnership and a member of the San Diego Immunization Coalition was interviewed by the media

The flu vaccine clinic was very well attended

People waited patiently in line to receive their flu vaccine

Many people chose to receive the flu shot at the clinic

Others received the nasal spray vaccine

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