Rejoicing, applause, singing and well wishes surrounded the 11th anniversary and birthday celebration of the Rev. Sonja R. Dawson, Esq., senior pastor of New Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles.
Bethany Baptist Church and Kedren Vaccines hosted a clinic offering Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson vaccines and booster shots. Attendees also received a food box, gift cards and refreshments from Earle’s Grill on Crenshaw.
As a vaccines advocate, I am excited The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) extended the authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to ages 12 to 15 and that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) vaccine safety review panel and the Western States Scientific Safety Review Workgroup recommended that the vaccine is safe and effective in protecting this age group against severe illness, hospitalization and death. The Pfizer vaccine has already been safely administered to millions of California adults, including more than 30 percent of 16–17-year-olds.