Vaccine rollout in the U.S. has not gone as smoothly as most public health officials would have liked. In the face of the hundreds of thousands of deaths in the U.S. due to COVID19, the vaccination process was frustratingly slow to begin. Although it’s picked up steam, distribution still faces many challenges. Two of the most significant challenges that have arisen are the public’s hesitation to get vaccinated and poor organization around notifying and vaccinating people once they become eligible. Chancellor Michael Collins of the University of Massachusetts Medical School thinks he has a solution. Beginning in late January of this year, Collins organized a vaccine corps of medical and nursing students to improve vaccine roll out in the school’s area. In February, the corps launched a large scale vaccination site in Worcester where they began administering vaccines to up to 2,000 people per day. The extra hands offered by the vaccine corps is essential, but the corps offers another critical tool -- the students are able to address vaccine fear by connecting with people of similar backgrounds to themselves and convince them to come in for vaccination. “Students often represent their region’s races, ethnicities, and backgrounds,” says Collins, “which can make it easier for them to connect with communities that are hard to reach and might not trust vaccination.” Students are also involved in phone banking and making appointments for people who have poor access to the internet or who struggle with the online system. Collins argues that the vaccine corps he has spearheaded is a model that can work across the country. He believes that the vaccine corps enables America’s medical community to deliver on the promise of equitably distributed vaccines allowing all Americans to benefit from major health advances.
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