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The second round of vaccinations for COVID-19 happened at AME Zion Church for a group of Syracuse South Side residents. The location, along with the vulnerable populations its reaching in nearby city neighborhoods, is making a difference. Pastor Daren Jaime says the clinic was able to reach people without having those 65-and-older register online.
“Jumping on the internet knowing how to click, before you know it, the appointments already booked up. And some of them are not even on the internet already. So fortunately, you have these pop-up clinics that are done through grassroots and connection and it reaps a plentiful harvest because now you see people coming out and getting the vaccine in a way they probably wouldn’t.”