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Community organizations are running pop-up, walk-in vaccine clinics aimed at removing barriers that have kept some people from getting their doses. They hope people will feel more comfortable with Spanish-speaking providers at places they are familiar with.
On a Saturday afternoon in mid-April, volunteers and community health workers welcomed people into the Second Baptist Church in Ogden. On Sundays, that’s the ushers’ job, but that day the church had been transformed into a pop-up vaccine clinic. It was aimed at people of color, but anyone was welcome.
“You don't have to have insurance to come,” said 21-year-old Perla Robles, who was there getting her first shot. “They didn't ask you for much. Just your name and your date of birth. … You know, they're not here to scare you. They’re here to help you.”