Ambulatory Care Technician Sady Ferguson gives a COVID-19 vaccine to Justin Sambol, senior associate dean for clinical affairs at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, at University Hospital in Newark, N

Vaccine Volunteers Band Together

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 27, 2021

Maria Peterson , Montgomery County, Maryland high school teacher and member of the group, the Vaccine Hunters, and S. Mitra Kalita, co-founder of URL Media and CEO and publisher of Epicenter-NYC, talk about how vaccine outreach volunteers across the country are banding together to trade tips on how best to reach unvaccinated communities and people and get more shots in arms.

For more information on #VaxFest2021, check out their website.

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