In order left to right: Robert, Richard and Ronald Roth received their vaccines through the Home Visit program.
giving, and I ended up gaining her confidence and Mary gave the woman her first vaccine,” said Eduardo. “We’ll be going back in a few weeks to administer her second dose and celebrate her.” Mary said she began giving vaccines as soon as she was able to help honor the lives of her former coworkers and friends she has lost to Covid-19. Despite her former employer’s proactive and careful safety measures, Mary said she lost and buried three “brothers” in December 2020. “I lost three brothers I had known for 35-40 years. Burying all three of them in December, that was personal. As soon as the vaccine became available I was on the front lines administering them,” said Mary. Mary joined OneWorld in March 2020 to help with vaccinations. With the formation of the outreach programs and the home visits, Mary said reaching individuals and their families is very fulfilling.
Eduardo Nuñez, Community Health Worker, views being a part of the Covid-19 vaccine outreach as a way for him to help fight the spread of misinformation on social media by making a human-to-human connection with the Spanish-speaking members of the South Omaha community. It’s no easy task, but Eduardo said it’s worth it for the small victories. Recently, while Eduardo was knocking door-to-door in a South Omaha neighborhood, he met a Hispanic woman who supports herself and her three children. When Eduardo asked her about the vaccine, the woman said she was nervous because she was the sole provider and could not risk missing work. Eduardo said her children were not supportive of the vaccine either because of what they had seen on social media. “I knew she was scared, so I carefully gave her all of the information we have about the Pfizer vaccine, which is the vaccine we have been
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