To vaccinate thousands, NC turns to volunteers

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The COVID-19 vaccine effort runs on volunteers. Getting diverse volunteers is both a challenge and a priority.

By Hannah Critchfield

For a rollout large enough to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic, you need volunteers. A lot of them.

Getting shots into millions of arms requires boots on the ground, and to vaccinate a majority of North Carolina’s population – who reside in a nation already experiencing a shortage of health care workers – the state has/providers have turned to members of the public who are willing to lend a helping hand.