PHOENIX (3TV / CBS 5) – A group of medical students ensures that some of the most vulnerable people in Phoenix are vaccinated against COVID-19. Armed with Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose vaccine, Phoenix Street Medicine volunteers administered dozen of shots to the homeless on Ninth Avenue and Madison Streets on Saturday afternoon. The teams went around handing out the life-changing vaccine. (Source: 3TV / CBS 5) They served as boots on the floor while the teams walked around distributing the life-changing vaccine. Volunteers say it’s important to vaccinate the homeless community that is sometimes despised or forgotten. Over 2 million Arizonans have received a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. “They are a vulnerable group of the population, so ultimately they can potentially cause a spike in COVID cases again and even a huge epidemiological spread is of great concern, not just” to us, but to the city, the state, even the nation “, said Eashan Das of Street Medicine Phoenix, a third-year medical student. “So we’re doing our part to mitigate that with the least possible risk.” That added that the virus can spread faster in homeless communities because of them Are in close contact and often poor hygiene conditions. The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in one dose is a turning point. (Source: 3TV / CBS 5) But the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 single dose vaccine is a turning point It’s easier to transport and volunteers don’t have to re-find patients for boosters, but for some homeless it takes some persuasion to get the To get vaccine. They were able to vaccinate 46 people today. ”Because of these prejudices they may have through word of mouth, other people can only negatively denounce a particular vaccine or range and it just spreads like wildfire, so it is sometimes very difficult to approve essentially get it through their heads and make sure they are aware of the necessary precautions they need to take. Otherwise, it will be life or death, “Das said. Copyright 2021 KPHO / KTVK (KPHO Rundfunkgesellschaft). All rights reserved.
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