Webinar on COVID-19 Vaccines and the LGBTQ+ Community

CVS Health and Accenture have partnered on an LGBTQ+ Health Care Speaker Series addressing longstanding health equity issues featuring prominent speakers in the health care industry and LGBTQ+ community. As the executive sponsor of the CVS Health Pride + Colleague Resource Group, I invite you to watch the first video to learn more about vaccine hesitancy within the LGBTQ+ community.

Recent studies show that LGBTQ+ people overall are more hesitant to get vaccinated against COVID-19. In this panel discussion, experts share insights on the COVID-19 vaccine within the LGBTQ+ community against the backdrop of overall health equity and address issues the LGBTQ+ community is now facing, such as:

• Interactions of the COVID-19 vaccine with ARV and hormone therapy drugs
• Pandemic impact on the LGBTQ+ community including youth, transgender and elder populations
• The effects of the pandemic on the mental health and homelessness in the LGBTQ+ community
• The disproportionate effect on intersectional minority communities
• Ways to build trust moving forward

The panel of experts includes:

• Joel Helle, CVS/Specialty, Vice President, Physician Services
• Michael Petersen, MD, Accenture, Director, Health Equity and Innovation Lead
• J. Maurice McCants-Pearsall, HRC, Director of HIV & Health Equity
• Tim Johnston, SAGE, Senior Director of National Projects
• Tammy Lewis, Moderator, CMO, CVS Caremark
• Erica Adler, Pharm D, RPH, CVSH Pharmacy Manager

You can view the panel discussion here. I hope you’ll invite others to watch and share on social media to help us increase understanding on this important topic.