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Trolley rolls into under-vaccinated Schenectady neighborhoods to continue COVID fight | The Daily Gazette
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Holden Townsel of Rotterdam is vaccinated by Schenectady County Public Health Services registered nurse Taylor Taranto as his father, Neal, watches Thursday outside the Schenectady Community Ministries food pantry.
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A slow but steady stream of people walk or drive into the parking lot to roll up their sleeves, drawn by the sign or, more likely, people telling them there would be a pop-up vaccination clinic that day at the Schenectady Community Ministries food pantry in Hamilton Hill.
That afternoon, Schenectady County was tied for the highest adult COVID vaccination rate in the state nearly three out of four adult residents have received at least one dose.
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