COMMUNISM Community Health Ambassador Outreach Door Knocking Project to Increase COVID Vaccine Acceptance

Sacajawea

Has No Life - Lives on TB
Heard on local radio this morning, that "over the mountain" these volunteers will start making the rounds in specific towns next week.

NO, we don't have to open/answer the door. If the door's not locked and they enter... well, that's breaking and entering, isn't it? I guess it's time to put up the "you are within range" signs.
 

Bogey

“Where liberty dwells, there is my country.”
CNN "Doctor": It's Time for Government to Force Vaccinate 75 Million Americans and Take Their Jobs
RT 2min
View: https://twitter.com/mbiranek/status/1414471200915566597?s=20
Just replace "German Volk" with World Citizen"

Sterilization in Nazi Germany (thoughtco.com)

Sterilization in Nazi Germany
Eugenics and Racial Categorization in Pre-war Germany

By
Jennifer Rosenberg




Updated March 25, 2020
In the 1930's, the Nazis introduced a massive, compulsory sterilization of a large segment of the German population. What could cause the Germans to do this after having already lost a large segment of their population during World War I? Why would the German people let this happen?

The Concept of the 'Volk'
As social Darwinism and nationalism emerged during the early 20th century, especially in the 1920s, the concept of the Volk became established. The German Volk is the political idealization of the German people as one, specific and separate biological entity that needed to be nurtured and protected to survive. Individuals within the biological body became secondary to the needs and importance of the Volk. This notion was based on various biological analogies and shaped by the contemporary beliefs of heredity. If there was something—or more ominously someone—unhealthy within the Volk or something that could harm it, it should be dealt with.

Eugenics and Racial Categorization
Unfortunately, eugenics and racial categorization were in the forefront of Western science during the early 20th century, and the hereditary needs of the Volk were deemed of significant importance. After the First World War ended, the German elite believed that the Germans with the "best" genes had been killed in the war while those with the "worst" genes did not fight and could now easily propagate. By assimilating the new belief that the body of the Volk was more important than individual rights and needs, the state gave themselves the authority to do whatever necessary to help the Volk, including compulsory sterilization of select citizens.

Sterilization Laws in Pre-war Germany
The Germans were not the creators of nor the first to implement governmentally-sanctioned forced sterilization. The United States, for instance, had already enacted sterilization laws in half its states by the 1920s which included forced sterilization of the criminally insane as well as others. The first German sterilization law was enacted on July 14, 1933—only six months after Hitler became Chancellor. Gesetz zur Verhütung erbkranken Nachwuchses (the Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring, also known as the Sterilization Law) allowed the forced sterilization for anyone suffering from genetic blindness and deafness, manic depression, schizophrenia, epilepsy, congenital feeble-mindedness, Huntington's chorea (a brain disorder), and alcoholism.

The Process of Sterilization
Doctors were required to report their patients with genetic illness to a health officer, and petition for the sterilization of their patients who qualified under the Sterilization Law. These petitions were reviewed and decided by a three-member panel in the Hereditary Health Courts. The three-member panel was made up of two doctors and a judge. At insane asylums, the director or doctor who made the petition also often served on the panels that made the decision whether or not to sterilize them.

The courts often made their decision solely on the basis of the petition and perhaps a few testimonies. Usually, the appearance of the patient was not required during this process.

Once the decision to sterilize had been made (90% of the petitions that made it to the courts in 1934 ended up with the result of sterilization), the doctor that had petitioned for the sterilization was required to inform the patient of the operation. The patient was told "that there would be no deleterious consequences." Police force was often needed to bring the patient to the operating table. The operation itself consisted of ligation of the Fallopian tubes in women and a vasectomy for men.

Klara Nowak, a German nurse and activist who led the League of Victims of Compulsory Sterlisation and Euthanasia after the war, had herself been forcibly sterilized in 1941. In a 1991 interview, she described what effects the operation still had on her life.

"Well, I still have many complaints as a result of it. There were complications with every operation I have had since. I had to take early retirement at the age of fifty-two—and the psychological pressure has always remained. When nowadays my neighbors, older ladies, tell me about their grandchildren and great-grandchildren, this hurts bitterly, because I do not have any children or grandchildren, because I am on my own, and I have to cope without anyone's help."

Who Was Sterilized?
Asylum inmates made up 30 percent to 40 percent of those sterilized. The main reason given for sterilization was so that the hereditary illnesses could not be passed on in offspring, thus "contaminating" the Volk's gene pool. Since asylum inmates were locked away from society, most of them had a relatively small chance of reproducing. So, the main target of the sterilization program were those people who were not in the asylums but had a slight hereditary illness and who were of reproductive age (between 12 and 45). Since these people were among society, they were deemed the most dangerous.

Since slight hereditary illness is rather ambiguous and the category "feeble-minded" is extremely ambiguous, people sterilized under those categories included those the German elite didn't like for their asocial or anti-Nazi beliefs and behavior.

The belief in stopping hereditary illnesses soon expanded to include all the people within the east whom Hitler wanted eliminated. If these people were sterilized, the theory went, they could provide a temporary workforce as well as slowly create Lebensraum (room to live for the German Volk). Since the Nazis were now thinking of sterilizing millions of people, faster, non-surgical ways to sterilize were needed.

Inhuman Nazi Experiments
The usual operation for sterilizing women had a relatively long recovery period—usually between a week and fourteen days. The Nazis wanted a faster and less noticeable way to sterilize millions. New ideas emerged and camp prisoners at Auschwitz and at Ravensbrück were used to test the various new methods of sterilization. Drugs were given. Carbon dioxide was injected. Radiation and X-rays were administered, all in the name of preserving the German Volk.

The Lasting Effects of Nazi Atrocity
By 1945, the Nazis had sterilized an estimated 300,000 to 450,000 people. Some of these people soon after their sterilization became victims of the Nazi euthanasia program. Those who did survive were forced to live with the loss of rights and invasion of their persons as well as a future of knowing that they would never be able to have children.
 

summerthyme

Administrator
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Anyone think they'd inject you with their shot while under anesthesia during a routine procedure?
Some places might consider it. READ EVERY THING YOU SIGN! I made them print out every sheet for me to read... 99%b of people sign those electronic signature things without even asking what they are signing!

One thing they aren't likely to do (because of the legal risks) is inject you without a signed consent form...

Summerthyme
 

EastWest

Senior Member
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I just checked it this AM, Twitter took it down. The video had 3 individuals in neon green shirts with ID badges, one had a ID photo on her smart phone and tried to shove it in the property owners face. The property owner was having none of their talk and told them repeatably to leave his property.

The one guy on the fake joe, goon squad tried to bond with the homeowner by asking if he was a veteran and the guy continued to tell them to get off his property. I personally would have called the vet on the goon squad a traitor, which he is..
 

Tristan

Has No Life - Lives on TB
Some places might consider it. READ EVERY THING YOU SIGN! I made them print out every sheet for me to read... 99%b of people sign those electronic signature things without even asking what they are signing!

One thing they aren't likely to do (because of the legal risks) is inject you without a signed consent form...

Summerthyme


For the moment.
 

vector7

Dot Collector

SSTemplar

Veteran Member
We are at war folks. You only have to answer with name rank and service number. But it will be a lot more fun red pilling those people. See if you can get them to stand out in the hot sun for an hour while you are on the shady porch. War is hell so put them through it.
 

artichoke

Greetings from near tropical NYC!
There's going to a million women that secretly like that they can't have babies now. And they'll like it even more if they can make it about themselves being victims.
Hard for me to believe. But I heard elsewhere too that women are taking the vax as a contraceptive.
 

artichoke

Greetings from near tropical NYC!
Some places might consider it. READ EVERY THING YOU SIGN! I made them print out every sheet for me to read... 99%b of people sign those electronic signature things without even asking what they are signing!

One thing they aren't likely to do (because of the legal risks) is inject you without a signed consent form...

Summerthyme
I don't think these shots are given in formal medical settings by medical people!

It's always a CVS, or some parking lot, some random volunteers going door to door with a needle ... someplace where you will not have medical advice available if you suddenly start to wonder. Nobody to tell you that it's not normal for the package insert in the vaccine boxes to be blank paper.

Our pediatrician applied to give the shots because they give lots of vaccination shots and it's part of their regular business. They were turned down, something about not having the right kind of freezer. A well established pediatric office with multiple doctors can't give the shots, but someone (not a doctor) in a parking lot can.

The medical people will not be responsible. Your insurance company will not be responsible. Nobody will be responsible.
 
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artichoke

Greetings from near tropical NYC!
Oh yeah they're going door to door not just with a survey, but with a needle. We hear this from multiple states now.

What if you forget and say you're not vaxed when you are, and they give you another vax? Surely that isn't even approved under their EUA. But everything is crazy, there are no standards anymore.
 

vector7

Dot Collector
JUST IN - Israel's PM Bennett on Pfizer vaccine: “We do not know exactly to what degree the vaccine helps, but it is significantly less,” than health officials expected (JPost)

'Pfizer COVID vaccine significantly less effective against Delta variant'

The effectiveness of the Pfizer vaccine against the Delta variant is “weaker” than health officials hoped, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Friday, as 855 people tested positive for coronavirus and more countries were listed as places of high infection.
View: https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1416079018202386437?s=20
 

vector7

Dot Collector
Recent VAERS numbers from December 14, 2020 through July 9, 2021.
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bw

Fringe Ranger
A well established pediatric office with multiple doctors can't give the shots, but someone (not a doctor) in a parking lot can.

I'm waiting for a report of someone opening his trenchcoat to show packets of syringes. Hey, wanna get a jab?
 

Countrymouse

Country exile in the city
And so it begins. :mad:

https://www.lakecountyil.gov/DocumentCenter/View/39074/CHA-Doorknocking-Info-and-Script



Community Health Ambassador Outreach

Door Knocking Project to Increase COVID Vaccine Acceptance

Helpful Hints

If you're nervous, that's ok! We all still get nervous, even if we've done this before.

You don't need to have all the answers. If you are unsure of an answer, be honest. Tell the person asking that you are a volunteer, and you will take down their question so that a health department staff person can get them the correct answer. Or, if they prefer to call themselves, they can always call 847-377-8130. We have special hours for seniors every week on Tuesdays and Fridays from 12-3pm and Thursdays from 6-8pm.

Inform, don’t convince. Your job is to equip the person at the door with the information/resources they need to make an informed decision about their health. You are not trying to convince anyone to do something they don’t want to do.

- Review the talking points for FAQs and feel free to bring it with you to help with answering questions. (English / Spanish / Korean)

- Print and share the COVID-19 Vaccine Information Flyer (English / Spanish)

Ignore no soliciting signs. You're not soliciting! You're offering critical information and resources. What you are doing is not illegal.

Knock and then back up. Follow COVID-19 distancing protocols and speak clearly. If someone is uncomfortable with you being there in person, offer to give them more distance or leave them a flyer.

Use your script. This will give you the basics. Once you get comfortable with it, feel free to make it sound more like you as long as all the key information is there. Make clear up front that the building has let you in and you're from the health department.

Leave a flyer even if they're already vaccinated. They may want to share it with a friend or neighbor. Do NOT leave anything in a mailbox, that is illegal if you're not a mail carrier.

Attitude of a golden retriever, memory of a goldfish.
If someone says is angry or rude, try to not take it personally. They may just be having a bad day. Brush it off and on to the next door!

Report on your work! Be sure to fill out the Doorknocking Spreadsheet with the counts of who still needs a vaccine, who is already vaccinated, who needs more info, etc. This is important information that the Health Department is relying on!

Have fun! This is an amazing thing you're doing. Regardless of how people respond, have confidence that you are making a difference and helping to save lives.


Well, we got OUR "Vaccine Police" visit today.

I was at work, but had given the boys strict instructions NOT to open the door to anyone unexpected who shows up, and showed them / told them about the info in this thread.

My son called me about 3 pm asking if, when I posted our "We're selling okra" post to our local Nextdoor app, I'd posted our address as well. I told him of course not; I had told people to PM or (in a few cases of those I've sold to before & trust) gave our phone # and told them to call first to see if we had any available & when to come.

My son then told me some man had pulled up in the driveway (we're well off the road, and our yard is screened by 8-9 foot tall holly bushes, so not very visible from the road) and was standing by his silver van looking at a clipboard in his hand (which means they have a LIST of WHO in the neighborhood still needs a "visit"). He was not wearing a proper 'mask' but a bandana tied over his mouth. Was not dressed as a door-to-door salesman but more like a construction worker, but was not Hispanic (as most of the construction workers are here). Not a JW, as they always dress up nice to visit. Not LDS, as they are young men, not bearded middle-aged guys as this was per my son, and always witness in pairs and wear the requisite white shirts/black pants and ride bicycles.

After studying his clipboard for a while, he went first to our front door and began repeatedly ringing, then loudly knocking on the door. When he received no answer, he went to our garage door and began banging (LOUDLY--I could hear him over the phone) on that. He did this repeatedly, going from door to door, knocking loudly. I was on the phone with my youngest son and told him to close the blinds and not open the door.

Finally the man left (and this is odd--we have a LARGE driveway with ample room to turn around, so people don't have to risk pulling BACKWARD into the busy 5-lane road in front of our house, especially when they CAN'T SEE ONCOMING TRAFFIC due to the big holly bushes---but HE BACKED DOWN OUR DRIVEWAY into the road. As if--my (smart) son noted--he didn't want the boys inside to be able to see his car tag.

I'm sure they'll be back.

I've asked my husband to pick up several "No Trespassing" signs (since their instructions say they don't have to pay any attention to "No Soliciting" since they're not 'selling' anything for money) so I can put those up on the driveway and doors TODAY.

They know who has not been vaccinated..which doors to knock on.

That's sobering.

Once vaccinated these people shouldn't give a rats a$$ if anyone else is vaccinated.

This should be a big red flag to every American

yep
 
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Countrymouse

Country exile in the city
Once I got home I started searching to see if my county in GA has started this door-to-door Covid-enforcement cr@p.

Found this from Last July---it's pertinent for two reasons I found interesting.

It makes no bones about the fact that the people now going door to door were former DEMOCRATIC PARTY political "volunteers."

And there's a link to a map that says "the covid map looks like the 2020 election map."

Now ain't THAT interesting...............

I also found some of their "persuations" rather...........interesting............unbelievably so---------

Such as them using the argument against those with religious convictions against the vax that "GOD helped doctors CREATE the vax."

Oh, yeah?

Did he also help the Chinese doctors /researchers that CREATED this chimera-monster to begin with at Wuhan?
Did he also help the abortionists who murdered the babies whose stem cells are STILL being cultivated to grow in labs for new vaccines?

Maybe your 'god'--of this world, who is destined for hell--but NOT mine.

Here's the article:

In rural Georgia, a door-to-door push to get neighbors vaccinated against Covid-19

Jen Christensen

By Jen Christensen, CNN

Updated 11:50 PM EDT, Tue July 13, 2021
In rural Georgia, a door-to-door push to get neighbors vaccinated against Covid-19


03:11 - Source: CNN (video at link)

How a lack of trust plays a role in vaccine hesitancy among minorities


Cuthbert, Georgia CNN —

If it were the fall, this group of volunteers – folders in hand, walking shoes on their feet – would be knocking on doors to get out the vote in rural Cuthbert, Georgia.

As they walked in the hot spring sun this April and May, these four have another mission. They are using their powers of persuasion to get more neighbors to take the Covid-19 vaccine.





“Excuse me,” Joyce Barlow says to Sherod Shingles, a young man who comes out his front door in shorts and a Utah Jazz shirt, a white medical mask on his face. “Have you had your Covid-19 vaccine?”

The volunteers circle around him at a pandemic-safe distance.

“Nah,” Shingles says. “I haven’t got sick yet either, but you’re right, I need to.”

Covid-19 has hit Randolph County hard. In the early months of the pandemic, it had the highest Covid-19 case rate in the state.

Randolph is also one of the poorest counties in Georgia, and isolated – nearly 140 miles south of Atlanta and more than an hour’s drive from a major highway. It’s the top wheat and sorghum grower in the state, and its county seat, Cuthbert, population about 3,500, is home to the private liberal arts school Andrew College.

Nearly 62% of Randolph County’s population is Black, and it sits in the heart of the historic Black Belt, the string of counties in the Deep South that includes some of the poorest and most rural regions of the country, all with large Black communities.

The county’s racial demographics alone make residents more susceptible to severe disease from the coronavirus. And according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, people who live in rural areas face an increased risk of hospitalization and death from Covid-19.

But in Randolph County, the vaccination rate is well below the state average – and Georgia’s rate is among the lowest in the country.

Nurse Joyce Barlow, right, gives the Covid-19 vaccine to a resident in Cuthbert, Georgia, at a vaccine clinic organized by local volunteers.


Jen Christensen, CNN

Nurse Joyce Barlow, right, gives the Covid-19 vaccine to a resident in Cuthbert, Georgia, at a vaccine clinic organized by local volunteers.

That’s not just a problem for Randolph County and other rural places where vaccines have been slow to take off. Lagging vaccination rates in rural areas could extend the pandemic for the entire country, according to CDC researchers.

The Biden administration’s goal is to give 70% of US adults at least one Covid-19 vaccine dose by July 4, and last week it launched its latest push to draw in the unvaccinated. The federal government is trying to woo people by putting vaccines in community hubs like barber shops; making plans to offer child care; and by organizing rides to vaccination sites. Around the country, incentives are being offered, including beer, guns, scholarships and million dollar prizes.

But the volunteers in Randolph County didn’t want to wait for help or incentives. They’ve been tapping on doors in support of Covid-19 vaccines since March.
’What are you waiting for?’
This group learned their canvassing skills in the political arena. They’ve volunteered for years with the Randolph County Democratic Committee, which operates a community program, Neighbor 2 Neighbor. Earlier this year, the group wanted to build on momentum from the 2020 election, and launched the program’s nonpartisan vaccine effort.


IN THIS RURAL CORNER OF EASTERN OREGON, THE ROLLING HILLS STRETCH AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE. UMATILLA COUNTY IS HOME TO FEWER THAN 80,000 RESIDENTS. MORE THAN 60% OF VOTERS VOTED FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. THERE'S PLENTY OF CATTLE, PLENTY OF LAND AND THESE DAYS PLENTY OF VACCINES.

Lagging vaccinations in rural areas could hinder the end of the pandemic, CDC says


At first, it focused on seniors who didn’t have the internet access needed to get vaccine appointments with the county health department. Since then, volunteers have expanded their targets and knocked on hundreds of doors.

Just like when they canvass to get out the vote, the volunteers are prepared with answers to questions.

Some who come to the door say they’ve heard the Covid-19 vaccines cause infertility. Barlow, a canvasser and nurse, fields that one – she explains that it doesn’t affect fertility, and she can share the research to make it clear.

“Some tell us it’s of the devil,” Barlow says. With religious objections, canvassers talk about how God inspired scientists to make the vaccines. Sometimes the volunteers attend the same church as the person they’re canvassing, and can name fellow church members who’ve already been vaccinated.

If people say they don’t trust government, or vaccines were developed too quickly, “we listen to people’s concerns and then try to help educate them and give them food for thought,” Barlow said. “If they still say that they want to wait and see, I listen, but it’s kind of baffling, because I always ask, ‘What are you waiting for? To see how well things are going to go? We already know that. They go well when people are protected.’ ”

A mural in the Cuthbert, Georgia, town square welcomes visitors.


Holly Crenshaw

A mural in the Cuthbert, Georgia, town square welcomes visitors.

Not all residents in rural Randolph County are hesitant to get vaccinated.

While many vaccine appointments are available online, about a third of residents in Randolph County don’t have home internet, according to Census figures.

The median household income here is half the amount of Georgia’s, with a third of the county below the poverty line. Some may not realize Covid-19 vaccines are free and insurance isn’t required, and it can be hard to get time off from work or secure child care.




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Randolph County has the highest percentage of households in the state without access to a vehicle – almost 20% – according to Census estimates analyzed by the CDC. That can make it hard to get to an appointment.

To take on issues of access, the Neighbor 2 Neighbor volunteers organized their own Covid-19 vaccine clinic for April and May with the help of a local doctor.

When deciding where to put the clinic, they chose a central, walkable location and provided transportation, if needed. They signed people up for the clinic as they knocked on doors – no internet required.

“We do this for each other because otherwise, the county just doesn’t have the manpower to vaccinate residents quickly here,” said Bobby Jenkins Jr., a vaccine canvasser and chair of the local Democratic Committee. “We don’t want to let anything stand in the way of getting people protected.”




The 2021 vaccination map looks like the 2020 election map


Canvasser Sandra Willis poses a question to Shingles, the man who answered the door one day this spring: “Sherod, why haven’t you gotten your vaccine yet?”

Shingles says he simply hasn’t gotten around to getting vaccinated. Still standing in his front yard, the group makes a plan.

“We’ll be calling you on Saturday to make sure you can come to our clinic that day,” Willis tells Shingles, knowing from experience that effective persuasion often requires follow-up.

“Sherod, you’re going to be the first one I give the vaccine to,” Barlow, the nurse, teased, saying, “Looking at your shoulders, it will be real easy.”
Making a way out of no way
It seems everyone in Randolph County has a story of someone who died or was seriously ill from Covid-19.

In Cuthbert, volunteers arranged a clinic so residents in this rural area could more easily get a Covid-19 vaccine.


Jen Christensen, CNN

In Cuthbert, volunteers arranged a clinic so residents in this rural area could more easily get a Covid-19 vaccine.



One of the canvassers, Willis, says her brother caught Covid-19 at a nursing home that lost many residents. He pulled through, but Willis also lost one of her best friends and a pastor she knew. They were two among hundreds of cases in the region connected to a couple large funerals that became superspreader events in February 2020. With area hospitals overwhelmed at the time, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp sent the National Guard to help.

The volunteers have a sense of urgency around vaccination against Covid-19: If people in Randolph County do get seriously ill, finding care is difficult.

In October, the county’s only hospital closed. It had struggled financially for years, but the pandemic put “the nail in the coffin,” hospital CEO Kim Gilman said.

The county has only one ambulance to cover 431 square miles. The nearest hospital now is a 45-minute drive, and to get to the nearest ER, these Georgia residents have to go to Alabama.

At the closing ceremony for the hospital in October, a minister said they have to push forward and “make a way out of no way.”

So for these volunteers, their way is organizing their own vaccine clinic and spreading the word door to door.

A sign warns visitors away from a home in rural Cuthbert, Georgia, an area hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic.


Jen Christensen, CNN

A sign warns visitors away from a home in rural Cuthbert, Georgia, an area hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Out canvassing the unvaccinated one day this spring, the group leaves a flier at a house with a handwritten sign that says, “Because of the coronavirus NO visitors until further notice. THANKS!!!”

But from next door, Tiffany Barnes pokes her head out to see what’s going on.

“How y’all doing?” Barnes asks, a shaking chihuahua named Cisco tucked under her arm.

Barlow waves a flier at Barnes. “We are canvassing to make sure people know about our vaccine clinic. Do you have yours?” Barlow asks.

Barnes has not. She signs up immediately, promising to bring her mother, too.

“We will happily take care of you both,” Barlow tells her. “You can bring Cisco too. We can’t vaccinate him, but he’d be great company.”

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As they take down her information. Barnes thanks them for their efforts.

“It’s a real blessing that you are actually going around door-to-door, getting people to sign up,” Barnes says.

“That’s what this is all about. Neighbor to neighbor. As soon as we get herd, or community immunity for all our neighbors, then it will be safe for all of us to go out. I know everybody’s been cooped up,” Barlow tells her. “We want to get everyone protected. We are, after all, our brother’s and sister’s keepers.”

At the clinic that Saturday, the volunteers were able to vaccinate 80 people with the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine – including those they met going door to door.

CNN’s Jen Christensen reported this story as a project for the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2020 Data Fellowship.
 

Countrymouse

Country exile in the city
Has anyone else had them coming to your door yet? I read they're even bringing the vaccine to people's doors in Mecklenberg County, NC.
 

Countrymouse

Country exile in the city
This is a little closer to where I live, though I'm not in Fulton or Dekalb County and this initiative was supposed to have ended in May. From the article, the CDC itself was directly behind / responsible for this in these counties: (of course, the CDC headquarters is in Dekalb County):


CDC, Georgia DPH working together on antibody testing investigation

Researchers going door-to-door in Fulton, DeKalb counties between April 28 and May 4.

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Author: Michael King (11ALIVE)

Published: 2:43 PM EDT April 27, 2020

Updated: 2:43 PM EDT April 27, 2020

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ATLANTA — The CDC is working in conjunction with the Georgia Department of Public Health and the boards of health from Fulton and DeKalb counties, to learn more about the spread of COVID-19.

As a part of their investigation, the group is working to develop an estimate of the percentage of people in the community who may have been infected with the virus that causes COVID-19.



A part of the ongoing research postulates that a portion of the populace may have had COVID-19 but were not tested, did not have any symptoms or did not seek medical treatment.

RELATED: Emory creates antibody blood test for COVID-19 in 'landmark achievement'

Between April 28 and May 4, survey teams will visit randomly selected homes in Fulton and DeKalb counties to survey residents about their health and to collect blood samples for an antibody test.

Antibodies are the proteins that are produced by the body in response to an infection. This is a substance that may tell researchers whether an individual may have had a past infection with the virus that causes COVID-19.

The antibody test is not meant to determine if a person has COVID-19 at the present time.

All members of the household will be asked to participate -- including children.

RELATED: Coronavirus in Georgia | Confirmed cases at 23,773 with 942 deaths

Participation is voluntary, and you can ask the investigation teams any questions you may have before agreeing to participate.

The investigation has already been underway in the state of Washington and in the New York City metro area

If your home is selected to participate in this important investigative survey, you can help federal researchers learn more about COVID-19.

More information about the local research is available from the Georgia Department of Public Health.

General information about antibody testing -- also referred to as serology testing -- may be found from the CDC.

11Alive is focusing our news coverage on the facts and not the fear around the virus. We want to keep you informed about the latest developments while ensuring that we deliver confirmed, factual information.

We will track the most important coronavirus elements relating to Georgia on this page. Refresh often for new information.
 

artichoke

Greetings from near tropical NYC!
Once I got home I started searching to see if my county in GA has started this door-to-door Covid-enforcement cr@p.

Found this from Last July---it's pertinent for two reasons I found interesting.

It makes no bones about the fact that the people now going door to door were former DEMOCRATIC PARTY political "volunteers."

And there's a link to a map that says "the covid map looks like the 2020 election map."

Now ain't THAT interesting...............

I also found some of their "persuations" rather...........interesting............unbelievably so---------

Such as them using the argument against those with religious convictions against the vax that "GOD helped doctors CREATE the vax."

Oh, yeah?

Did he also help the Chinese doctors /researchers that CREATED this chimera-monster to begin with at Wuhan?
Did he also help the abortionists who murdered the babies whose stem cells are STILL being cultivated to grow in labs for new vaccines?

Maybe your 'god'--of this world, who is destined for hell--but NOT mine.

Here's the article:

In rural Georgia, a door-to-door push to get neighbors vaccinated against Covid-19

Jen Christensen

By Jen Christensen, CNN

Updated 11:50 PM EDT, Tue July 13, 2021
In rural Georgia, a door-to-door push to get neighbors vaccinated against Covid-19


03:11 - Source: CNN (video at link)

How a lack of trust plays a role in vaccine hesitancy among minorities


Cuthbert, Georgia CNN —

If it were the fall, this group of volunteers – folders in hand, walking shoes on their feet – would be knocking on doors to get out the vote in rural Cuthbert, Georgia.

As they walked in the hot spring sun this April and May, these four have another mission. They are using their powers of persuasion to get more neighbors to take the Covid-19 vaccine.





“Excuse me,” Joyce Barlow says to Sherod Shingles, a young man who comes out his front door in shorts and a Utah Jazz shirt, a white medical mask on his face. “Have you had your Covid-19 vaccine?”

The volunteers circle around him at a pandemic-safe distance.

“Nah,” Shingles says. “I haven’t got sick yet either, but you’re right, I need to.”

Covid-19 has hit Randolph County hard. In the early months of the pandemic, it had the highest Covid-19 case rate in the state.

Randolph is also one of the poorest counties in Georgia, and isolated – nearly 140 miles south of Atlanta and more than an hour’s drive from a major highway. It’s the top wheat and sorghum grower in the state, and its county seat, Cuthbert, population about 3,500, is home to the private liberal arts school Andrew College.

Nearly 62% of Randolph County’s population is Black, and it sits in the heart of the historic Black Belt, the string of counties in the Deep South that includes some of the poorest and most rural regions of the country, all with large Black communities.

The county’s racial demographics alone make residents more susceptible to severe disease from the coronavirus. And according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, people who live in rural areas face an increased risk of hospitalization and death from Covid-19.

But in Randolph County, the vaccination rate is well below the state average – and Georgia’s rate is among the lowest in the country.

Nurse Joyce Barlow, right, gives the Covid-19 vaccine to a resident in Cuthbert, Georgia, at a vaccine clinic organized by local volunteers.


Jen Christensen, CNN

Nurse Joyce Barlow, right, gives the Covid-19 vaccine to a resident in Cuthbert, Georgia, at a vaccine clinic organized by local volunteers.

That’s not just a problem for Randolph County and other rural places where vaccines have been slow to take off. Lagging vaccination rates in rural areas could extend the pandemic for the entire country, according to CDC researchers.

The Biden administration’s goal is to give 70% of US adults at least one Covid-19 vaccine dose by July 4, and last week it launched its latest push to draw in the unvaccinated. The federal government is trying to woo people by putting vaccines in community hubs like barber shops; making plans to offer child care; and by organizing rides to vaccination sites. Around the country, incentives are being offered, including beer, guns, scholarships and million dollar prizes.

But the volunteers in Randolph County didn’t want to wait for help or incentives. They’ve been tapping on doors in support of Covid-19 vaccines since March.
’What are you waiting for?’
This group learned their canvassing skills in the political arena. They’ve volunteered for years with the Randolph County Democratic Committee, which operates a community program, Neighbor 2 Neighbor. Earlier this year, the group wanted to build on momentum from the 2020 election, and launched the program’s nonpartisan vaccine effort.


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At first, it focused on seniors who didn’t have the internet access needed to get vaccine appointments with the county health department. Since then, volunteers have expanded their targets and knocked on hundreds of doors.

Just like when they canvass to get out the vote, the volunteers are prepared with answers to questions.

Some who come to the door say they’ve heard the Covid-19 vaccines cause infertility. Barlow, a canvasser and nurse, fields that one – she explains that it doesn’t affect fertility, and she can share the research to make it clear.

“Some tell us it’s of the devil,” Barlow says. With religious objections, canvassers talk about how God inspired scientists to make the vaccines. Sometimes the volunteers attend the same church as the person they’re canvassing, and can name fellow church members who’ve already been vaccinated.

If people say they don’t trust government, or vaccines were developed too quickly, “we listen to people’s concerns and then try to help educate them and give them food for thought,” Barlow said. “If they still say that they want to wait and see, I listen, but it’s kind of baffling, because I always ask, ‘What are you waiting for? To see how well things are going to go? We already know that. They go well when people are protected.’ ”

A mural in the Cuthbert, Georgia, town square welcomes visitors.


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A mural in the Cuthbert, Georgia, town square welcomes visitors.

Not all residents in rural Randolph County are hesitant to get vaccinated.

While many vaccine appointments are available online, about a third of residents in Randolph County don’t have home internet, according to Census figures.

The median household income here is half the amount of Georgia’s, with a third of the county below the poverty line. Some may not realize Covid-19 vaccines are free and insurance isn’t required, and it can be hard to get time off from work or secure child care.




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Randolph County has the highest percentage of households in the state without access to a vehicle – almost 20% – according to Census estimates analyzed by the CDC. That can make it hard to get to an appointment.

To take on issues of access, the Neighbor 2 Neighbor volunteers organized their own Covid-19 vaccine clinic for April and May with the help of a local doctor.

When deciding where to put the clinic, they chose a central, walkable location and provided transportation, if needed. They signed people up for the clinic as they knocked on doors – no internet required.

“We do this for each other because otherwise, the county just doesn’t have the manpower to vaccinate residents quickly here,” said Bobby Jenkins Jr., a vaccine canvasser and chair of the local Democratic Committee. “We don’t want to let anything stand in the way of getting people protected.”




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Canvasser Sandra Willis poses a question to Shingles, the man who answered the door one day this spring: “Sherod, why haven’t you gotten your vaccine yet?”

Shingles says he simply hasn’t gotten around to getting vaccinated. Still standing in his front yard, the group makes a plan.

“We’ll be calling you on Saturday to make sure you can come to our clinic that day,” Willis tells Shingles, knowing from experience that effective persuasion often requires follow-up.

“Sherod, you’re going to be the first one I give the vaccine to,” Barlow, the nurse, teased, saying, “Looking at your shoulders, it will be real easy.”
Making a way out of no way
It seems everyone in Randolph County has a story of someone who died or was seriously ill from Covid-19.

In Cuthbert, volunteers arranged a clinic so residents in this rural area could more easily get a Covid-19 vaccine.


Jen Christensen, CNN

In Cuthbert, volunteers arranged a clinic so residents in this rural area could more easily get a Covid-19 vaccine.



One of the canvassers, Willis, says her brother caught Covid-19 at a nursing home that lost many residents. He pulled through, but Willis also lost one of her best friends and a pastor she knew. They were two among hundreds of cases in the region connected to a couple large funerals that became superspreader events in February 2020. With area hospitals overwhelmed at the time, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp sent the National Guard to help.

The volunteers have a sense of urgency around vaccination against Covid-19: If people in Randolph County do get seriously ill, finding care is difficult.

In October, the county’s only hospital closed. It had struggled financially for years, but the pandemic put “the nail in the coffin,” hospital CEO Kim Gilman said.

The county has only one ambulance to cover 431 square miles. The nearest hospital now is a 45-minute drive, and to get to the nearest ER, these Georgia residents have to go to Alabama.

At the closing ceremony for the hospital in October, a minister said they have to push forward and “make a way out of no way.”

So for these volunteers, their way is organizing their own vaccine clinic and spreading the word door to door.

A sign warns visitors away from a home in rural Cuthbert, Georgia, an area hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic.


Jen Christensen, CNN

A sign warns visitors away from a home in rural Cuthbert, Georgia, an area hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Out canvassing the unvaccinated one day this spring, the group leaves a flier at a house with a handwritten sign that says, “Because of the coronavirus NO visitors until further notice. THANKS!!!”

But from next door, Tiffany Barnes pokes her head out to see what’s going on.

“How y’all doing?” Barnes asks, a shaking chihuahua named Cisco tucked under her arm.

Barlow waves a flier at Barnes. “We are canvassing to make sure people know about our vaccine clinic. Do you have yours?” Barlow asks.

Barnes has not. She signs up immediately, promising to bring her mother, too.

“We will happily take care of you both,” Barlow tells her. “You can bring Cisco too. We can’t vaccinate him, but he’d be great company.”

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As they take down her information. Barnes thanks them for their efforts.

“It’s a real blessing that you are actually going around door-to-door, getting people to sign up,” Barnes says.

“That’s what this is all about. Neighbor to neighbor. As soon as we get herd, or community immunity for all our neighbors, then it will be safe for all of us to go out. I know everybody’s been cooped up,” Barlow tells her. “We want to get everyone protected. We are, after all, our brother’s and sister’s keepers.”

At the clinic that Saturday, the volunteers were able to vaccinate 80 people with the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine – including those they met going door to door.

CNN’s Jen Christensen reported this story as a project for the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2020 Data Fellowship.
It makes no bones about the fact that the people now going door to door were former DEMOCRATIC PARTY political "volunteers."

Thanks for the info. I was going to be polite to them. Now I won't, but I'll be careful and not give them anything to hold over me legally. They should stay in their own party's area.
 

artichoke

Greetings from near tropical NYC!
This is a little closer to where I live, though I'm not in Fulton or Dekalb County and this initiative was supposed to have ended in May. From the article, the CDC itself was directly behind / responsible for this in these counties: (of course, the CDC headquarters is in Dekalb County):


CDC, Georgia DPH working together on antibody testing investigation

Researchers going door-to-door in Fulton, DeKalb counties between April 28 and May 4.

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Author: Michael King (11ALIVE)

Published: 2:43 PM EDT April 27, 2020

Updated: 2:43 PM EDT April 27, 2020

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ATLANTA — The CDC is working in conjunction with the Georgia Department of Public Health and the boards of health from Fulton and DeKalb counties, to learn more about the spread of COVID-19.

As a part of their investigation, the group is working to develop an estimate of the percentage of people in the community who may have been infected with the virus that causes COVID-19.



A part of the ongoing research postulates that a portion of the populace may have had COVID-19 but were not tested, did not have any symptoms or did not seek medical treatment.

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Between April 28 and May 4, survey teams will visit randomly selected homes in Fulton and DeKalb counties to survey residents about their health and to collect blood samples for an antibody test.

Antibodies are the proteins that are produced by the body in response to an infection. This is a substance that may tell researchers whether an individual may have had a past infection with the virus that causes COVID-19.

The antibody test is not meant to determine if a person has COVID-19 at the present time.

All members of the household will be asked to participate -- including children.

RELATED: Coronavirus in Georgia | Confirmed cases at 23,773 with 942 deaths

Participation is voluntary, and you can ask the investigation teams any questions you may have before agreeing to participate.

The investigation has already been underway in the state of Washington and in the New York City metro area

If your home is selected to participate in this important investigative survey, you can help federal researchers learn more about COVID-19.

More information about the local research is available from the Georgia Department of Public Health.

General information about antibody testing -- also referred to as serology testing -- may be found from the CDC.

11Alive is focusing our news coverage on the facts and not the fear around the virus. We want to keep you informed about the latest developments while ensuring that we deliver confirmed, factual information.

We will track the most important coronavirus elements relating to Georgia on this page. Refresh often for new information.
That last graphic is weird. I remember original Covid back in Jan-March 2020. I had it, but when I noticed the loss of taste and smell, and odd bone aches, I treated it immediately and it was gone in a day.

Those were the symptoms then too. And some shortness of breath, maybe not obvious, but it would be hard for someone to hold their breath for 10 seconds. I never got that bad.

Congestion was never a symptom. Covid suppresses the immune response, so you don't get the histamine reaction that causes congestion.

Why are the misrepresenting the symptoms of original Covid?
 

Countrymouse

Country exile in the city
That last graphic is weird.
Congestion was never a symptom. Covid suppresses the immune response, so you don't get the histamine reaction that causes congestion.
Why are the misrepresenting the symptoms of original Covid?

Maybe to inflate Covid numbers--now every common cold sniffle is "Covid"
 

summerthyme

Administrator
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That last graphic is weird. I remember original Covid back in Jan-March 2020. I had it, but when I noticed the loss of taste and smell, and odd bone aches, I treated it immediately and it was gone in a day.

Those were the symptoms then too. And some shortness of breath, maybe not obvious, but it would be hard for someone to hold their breath for 10 seconds. I never got that bad.

Congestion was never a symptom. Covid suppresses the immune response, so you don't get the histamine reaction that causes congestion.

Why are the misrepresenting the symptoms of original Covid?
Where are you seeing congestion? "Shortness of breath" is a very different symptom...

Summerthyme
 

xtreme_right

Veteran Member
Has anyone else had them coming to your door yet?

Not us personally, but a friends sister got a visit on a Saturday afternoon mid July. She lives in Thousand Oaks, CA. They caught her while she was in her garage with the door open.

I didn’t get a play-by-play but understood she said very little and got inside as fast as she could.

Oh yea, when they walked up, they called her by name. They aren’t going to everyone’s door, just the ones they know haven’t gotten it.
 

bev

Has No Life - Lives on TB
Hey Mouse! Did you notice in that long article about the door to door vaxxes, that they said they would tell someone that this or that person from their church took the shot, in order to convince them to get vaxxed!

That is SO illegal! Just makes me so mad!
 

Babs

Veteran Member
I don't give a flying fluck who else has taken the vaccine. If someone comes to my door and asks if I've had the vaccine, I will scream at them to get the eff off my property before I pop a cap in your ass. This is Idaho dammit, not Chitcago.
 
They want to snuff out everybody, all ages, period. Especially the old, yes, no one to collect ss. They want all people's fertility ruined and no viable pregnancies whatsoever, except a few, for serfdom. They want people's immune systems to fail and to not fight off multiplying cells in the body, which will turn into cancer. They designed the jab as a means to these ends.
Wow. I believe you!
 

TammyinWI

Talk is cheap
Wow. I believe you!

It is pretty surreal, isn't it? I cannot wrap my mind around all of this, daily, I struggle to. Which is normal.

Then I just came across this. "Mr. Cox" was more than likely ordered to say this, as an announcement, because it is coming, I am very certain. I literally think it could be next spring, or summer. Time is short.

Congressional Candidate Suggests Shooting Vaccine Deniershttps://www.timebomb2000.com/xf/javascript:__doPostBack('ctl00$bcr$btnPrevFloat','')


Just shoot ‘em. That’s the conclusion that California U.S. Congress candidate Steve Cox has come to for addressing vaccine refusal and denial.

Cox, who is running as an independent for California’s 39th Congressional District, said on Twitter that “Whenever anyone says ‘we all die from something’ (or a variation thereof) to justify not taking precautions to help protect others in this pandemic, we should be allowed to shoot them.”

Cox’s wild solution was a response to a tweet that Matt Walsh made August 9, 2021, saying “COVID is here to stay. You're going to get it. It almost certainly won't kill you but it could. You'll probably get cancer eventually too unless you die first. Lots of scary things out there. Death is certain. Suffering is unavoidable. Stop cowering. Live your life while you can.”

SOURCES:
Western Journal August 9, 2021
Twitter August 9, 2021

 

Walrus Whisperer

Hope in chains...
And so it begins. :mad:

https://www.lakecountyil.gov/DocumentCenter/View/39074/CHA-Doorknocking-Info-and-Script



Community Health Ambassador Outreach

Door Knocking Project to Increase COVID Vaccine Acceptance

Helpful Hints

If you're nervous, that's ok! We all still get nervous, even if we've done this before.

You don't need to have all the answers. If you are unsure of an answer, be honest. Tell the person asking that you are a volunteer, and you will take down their question so that a health department staff person can get them the correct answer. Or, if they prefer to call themselves, they can always call 847-377-8130. We have special hours for seniors every week on Tuesdays and Fridays from 12-3pm and Thursdays from 6-8pm.

Inform, don’t convince. Your job is to equip the person at the door with the information/resources they need to make an informed decision about their health. You are not trying to convince anyone to do something they don’t want to do.

- Review the talking points for FAQs and feel free to bring it with you to help with answering questions. (English / Spanish / Korean)

- Print and share the COVID-19 Vaccine Information Flyer (English / Spanish)

Ignore no soliciting signs. You're not soliciting! You're offering critical information and resources. What you are doing is not illegal.

Knock and then back up. Follow COVID-19 distancing protocols and speak clearly. If someone is uncomfortable with you being there in person, offer to give them more distance or leave them a flyer.

Use your script. This will give you the basics. Once you get comfortable with it, feel free to make it sound more like you as long as all the key information is there. Make clear up front that the building has let you in and you're from the health department.

Leave a flyer even if they're already vaccinated. They may want to share it with a friend or neighbor. Do NOT leave anything in a mailbox, that is illegal if you're not a mail carrier.

Attitude of a golden retriever, memory of a goldfish.
If someone says is angry or rude, try to not take it personally. They may just be having a bad day. Brush it off and on to the next door!

Report on your work! Be sure to fill out the Doorknocking Spreadsheet with the counts of who still needs a vaccine, who is already vaccinated, who needs more info, etc. This is important information that the Health Department is relying on!

Have fun! This is an amazing thing you're doing. Regardless of how people respond, have confidence that you are making a difference and helping to save lives.
The door knockers don't come down here. It's a strange tiny county area, it's mostly Hispanic, some whites. Everyone does as they please and minds their own damn business.
 

155 arty

Veteran Member
It is pretty surreal, isn't it? I cannot wrap my mind around all of this, daily, I struggle to. Which is normal.

Then I just came across this. "Mr. Cox" was more than likely ordered to say this, as an announcement, because it is coming, I am very certain. I literally think it could be next spring, or summer. Time is short.

Congressional Candidate Suggests Shooting Vaccine Deniershttps://www.timebomb2000.com/xf/javascript:__doPostBack('ctl00$bcr$btnPrevFloat','')


Just shoot ‘em. That’s the conclusion that California U.S. Congress candidate Steve Cox has come to for addressing vaccine refusal and denial.

Cox, who is running as an independent for California’s 39th Congressional District, said on Twitter that “Whenever anyone says ‘we all die from something’ (or a variation thereof) to justify not taking precautions to help protect others in this pandemic, we should be allowed to shoot them.”

Cox’s wild solution was a response to a tweet that Matt Walsh made August 9, 2021, saying “COVID is here to stay. You're going to get it. It almost certainly won't kill you but it could. You'll probably get cancer eventually too unless you die first. Lots of scary things out there. Death is certain. Suffering is unavoidable. Stop cowering. Live your life while you can.”

SOURCES:
Western Journal August 9, 2021
Twitter August 9, 2021

Well come get some Mr cocks!
 
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