‘A family decision’: JCSU professor pushes aside concerns to get vaccinated against Covid-19
Johnson C. Smith University hosted a mass vaccination event last weekend, emphasizing the need for communities of color to be protected.
Terza Silva Lima-Neves receives a Covid-19 vaccine at Johnson C. Smith University.
She alone had not.
On Saturday, Lima-Neves pushed aside any concerns she had and headed to Johnson C. Smith University, where Atrium Health was administering vaccinations against Covid-19, which has claimed more than 11,700 lives in Mecklenburg County.
Wearing a black t-shirt emblazoned with the words “love your self,” she sat on a folding chair inside the school’s gymnasium and offered her left arm. Within seconds it was over.