Greater LA

This mobile vaccination team fights fear and gang lines to protect LA’s most vulnerable

The people getting COVID-19 vaccines tend to be whiter and more affluent. That’s why the city of LA deploys 10 mobile vaccination teams to some of the hardest-hit neighborhoods.

By Steve Chiotakis • Apr 19, 2021 • 24m Listen

The people getting COVID-19 vaccines tend to be whiter and more affluent. That’s why the city of LA deploys 10 mobile vaccination teams to some of the hardest-hit neighborhoods. For this site in Watts, volunteers made sure it wouldn’t be cut off by gang territory lines. They also knocked on doors to assuage residents’ vaccination fears.

Steve Chiotakis
Afternoon News Anchor
Christian Bordal
Managing Producer, Greater LA
Kathryn Barnes
Producer, Reporter
Rebecca Mooney
Producer, The Treatment

Greater LA

This mobile vaccination team fights fear and gang lines to protect LA’s most vulnerable

The people getting COVID-19 vaccines tend to be whiter and more affluent. That’s why the city of LA deploys 10 mobile vaccination teams to some of the hardest-hit neighborhoods.

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Greater LA

This mobile vaccination team fights fear and gang lines to protect LA’s most vulnerable

The people getting COVID-19 vaccines tend to be whiter and more affluent. That’s why the city of LA deploys 10 mobile vaccination teams to some of the hardest-hit neighborhoods.

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