COVID 19 Vaccine – TN Health Care Campaign

Protect yourself, Protect your family, Protect your community

The COVID vaccine is our best way to safely place this pandemic behind us. Now vaccines are available for both children and adults.. Yet some people worry about the safety of the COVID vaccine. They are concerned about it being rushed or that people are being used as guinea pigs.

In the midst of all the fear and misinformation, it is hard to know who to trust. That is why the Tennessee Health Care Campaign launched our Vaccine Ambassador Program– Trusted voices, who care about us and our communities and who can talk to us about why and how the COVID vaccine has been proven safe and effective.

Brittany Dirl: ” My children really didn’t want to get the vaccine, but I felt that it was the best thing for them so that they could be protected. Being vaccinated and seeing that I am doing well, that I am protected, that nothing has happened to me, I think that makes people feel better, feel more secure about getting it done.”

Dr. Mechelle Taylor-Moragne: “The COVID vaccine is safe. It’s safe for me, safe for my family, and safe for the community…. The science and technology of the vaccine does not produce long-term effects.”

The message of our Ambassadors is clear. We have the power to end this pandemic. We can get vaccinated. The COVID vaccine is safe and effective. We are all essential. Let’s work together to protect our families and our communities.

Meet the Ambassadors

Jovante’ Mahone, Youth and College Chapter President, Tennessee NAACP: Motivated by personal loss

Brittany Dirl, Special Ed teacher, Brownsville wants her children to be protected

Latoya Currie, Personal trainer, Haywood County, got vaccinated to keep herself, her clients, her family and community safe.

Andre Marshall, car dealer, Hardeman County. His family got vaccinated to protect his mother.

Dr. Mechelle Taylor-Moragne, Taylor Medical Center, Jackson, TN: Explains the science and safety of COVID vaccines.

Jovante’ Mahone, Youth and College Chapter President, Tennessee NAACP: Motivated by personal loss

Robin Gadsden Dupree: Crockett County Community Activist: Says the vaccine brings a sense of hope and confidence.

Andrea Johnson, Funeral Director and Insurance Agency CEO, Brownsville, TN Shares the Pandemic’s impact on the community.

Rev. Curtis Mormon, Pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist Church and Hospital Chaplain, Jackson, TN “I was hesitant initially, because of what I knew in history.”