Resilient American Communities
RAC Center of Excellence
Central Panhandle of Florida
How to Use the Decision Support Map
Click on an icon to see the Index value and components of the index relevant to COVID-19 risks and equitable vaccine access. Click on a polygon to see the overall CDC Social Vulnerability Score of a county. A sidebar will appear on the left when you click on an icon. It will provide Census Tract level data relevant to COVID-19. This data includes overall Socioeconomic Status, Household Composition and Disability, Minority Status and Language; and Housing Type & Transportation data as well as specific indicators that have been found to either increase negative health outcomes of COVID-19 or to be a barrier to vaccine access. For example, when planning transportation and childcare support for vaccinations, the % without vehicles, % single parent households and % of population 17 years old and younger are useful in locating census tract with the greatest need. When working on racial and ethnic equity concerns, % minority and % limited English proficiency can help to identify the specific languages and culturally appropriate outreach strategies and materials needed.
The CDC Social Vulnerability Index overall scale is from 0 to 1. The most vulnerable communities have the highest numbers. These are dark blue on the map.Yellow icons represent census tracts with low social vulnerability scores. Light green icons represent moderate social vulnerability. Dark green represents moderate to high vulnerability and blue represents high vulnerability.
Mr. Manoj Dadlani serves as CEO at CosmosID, Inc., a genomic big data company focused on the rapid identification of microorganisms for infectious disease diagnostics, public health surveillance, food safety monitoring, pharmaceutical discovery, and microbiome analysis for health and wellness.
Generating New Ideas. Solving Big Problems
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus causing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), is highly infective, oftentimes is transmitted before symptoms appear, and has severe outcomes that overwhelm medical resources in many places. As a result, it has caused crippling socio-economic impacts that are rippling throughout the nation and across the world. During the unfolding of this pandemic, both developed and developing countries struggled with detection of cases due to the practical limitations of medical screening. One method for community level monitoring of the virus is wastewater surveillance – a powerful and relatively inexpensive informational tool that can provide data on how the virus is circulating within a community.
Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater has the potential to identify a possible outbreak one to two weeks before people with infections start exhibiting symptoms, allowing communities to initiate containment measures more virus. The benefits of early warning of outbreaks are substantial. Recent studies show that implementing control measures—such as social distancing, travel restrictions, and quarantines or lockdowns—just one to two weeks earlier can reduce the number of cases and deaths by more than 50%.
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The Cornerstone Trust, a joint project led by Macedonia and the LEAD Coalition with a primary focus on the Glenwood Community, presented three $5,000 Micro Loans to local small businesses on May 19. The Spring 2021 recipients are Josiah’s Southern Kitchen, Sharolyn Gaines, owner-operator; B5 Quality Services, Inc. Cris and Kim Banks, owners; and Darko’s Delish, Michelle Darko, owner.
Vaccine Efficacy
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Initial AstraZeneca effectiveness Results
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Initial Pfizer Effectiveness Results
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initial moderna effectiveness results
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Johnson & Johnson Overall Effectiveness
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Where is your community on its collaborative journey?
10% – Initiation of a New RAC Site
20% – Core Leadership Team in Place
30% – Core Leaders Complete Trainings
40% – Map and Logos on the County Dashboard
50% – Stakeholder Weekly Data Review Meetings
60% – Work Groups Formed
70% – Contributing to the RAC Electronic Newsletter
80% – First Project Supported from this County
90% – Report on First Project
100% – Excellence Implementing Projects & Growing the Team
- Bay County 100%
- Calhoun County 10%
- Gulf County 10%
- Holmes County 10%
- Jackson County 10%
- Leon County 10%
- Washington County 10%
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