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Paramedic Jim McCanns prepares to administer a first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Lucille Breslin at her home in Upper Darby on April 6, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
As a paramedic, Jim McCanns doesn’t usually have the time to chitchat with people on the job he’s usually there under the worst of circumstances.
But these days, Delaware County’s new Homebound COVID-19 Vaccination Program has McCanns sitting with people while he gives them much-needed relief. Officials launched the program in late March to get vaccines into the arms of those who are unable to safely leave their homes.