![]() (Courtesy of Time, photos by Mattia Balsamini)Ī native of rural Paola, Kansas, Graham graduated from Rice with a bachelor's degree in biology. “To watch the evening news and see the relief from health care providers who were getting immunized, to see people in the clinic at NIH being vaccinated and being so relieved and so grateful - those were special moments.” Graham and his fellow Heroes were honored on a cover of Time's latest issue. “Most scientists never get to see their product actually used,” Graham told Time. That work set the stage for the rapid development of the Moderna-NIH vaccine and many of the other successful COVID-19 vaccines that have now saved countless lives around the globe. Gracing one of four covers of Time’s December issue along with three fellow COVID-19 vaccine researchers, including his NIH colleague Kizzmekia Corbett, Graham was recognized for his years of work on “structure-based” vaccine design. In the next few weeks, they’ll be vaccinating at a Sikh society, a mosque, a Jewish temple, a Hindu temple, and a Baptist church.Barney Graham '75 was honored for his work developing the groundbreaking COVID-19 vaccines. Seminole County health leaders said they will continue to reach out to all communities to get them vaccinations. “She’s very grateful to have Seminole County do something in Spanish because it would have been very difficult otherwise,” said Redon through an interpreter. Seminole County leaders said they have Spanish speakers in every step to make it as easy as possible to get through the vaccination process. ![]() It should be getting the facts in the language that you want and feeling comfortable coming here getting the vaccine,” said Seminole County Emergency Manager Alan Harris.Īround 500 people are expected to a get vaccinations at Forest Lake Church. Seminole County Health leaders said they’ve vaccinated around 44% of county residents 65 and older, but just a small percentage of those have been from the Latin and Hispanic communities. Someone’s here to help me in my language and tell me I will be OK,” said Machado. She said some people cried tears of joy because they were so grateful for the help. Machado said it was an emotional process because many thought getting the vaccine was nearly impossible because of the language barrier. “These are older folks who are already having limitations with technology - now add the language barrier,” said Machado. Seminole County teamed up with Paula Machado, a local business owner of Fire Ant Communications, to help people navigate the sign-up process in Spanish. So, it’s been a process,” said Redon through an interpreter. “She speaks very little English, and then her parents don’t speak English. Seminole County’s mobile vaccination unit focused on members of the Latin and Hispanic community who might face language barriers trying to get the shot. ![]() Through an interpreter Rendon said: “After she found out that Seminole County was doing this, and had someone that spoken Spanish, it was very easy." Getting vaccinated is a blessing - that’s what Ruby Rendon and her parents said after getting vaccinated at Forest Lake Church in Apopka. The County deployed its mobile vaccination unit to vaccinate members of the Latin and Hispanic communities on Monday. The unit is scheduled to set up at numerous other religious centers in the future.The unit was at Forest Lake Church in Apopka Monday administering about 500 vaccinations to members of the Latin and Hispanic communities.Seminole County is using its mobile vaccination unit to vaccinate members of hard-to-reach communities. ![]()
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