{"id":324565,"date":"2021-08-14T22:50:13","date_gmt":"2021-08-14T19:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/san-francisco-woman-helps-1270-elderly-people-get-the-jab\/"},"modified":"2021-08-14T22:50:13","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T19:50:13","slug":"san-francisco-woman-helps-1270-elderly-people-get-the-jab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/san-francisco-woman-helps-1270-elderly-people-get-the-jab\/","title":{"rendered":"#San Francisco woman helps 1,270 elderly people get the jab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#San Francisco woman helps 1,270 elderly people get the jab<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>She\u2019s the Vaccinator.<\/p>\n<p>A one-woman rescue team in San Francisco has personally helped vaccinate nearly 1,300 neighbors \u2013 and the ranks of her army of the jabbed grows daily.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t always wait three days for the cavalry to come to the rescue,\u201d Felisia Thibodeaux, the executive director of the Southwest Community Corporation in the Ingleside Heights neighborhood, told The Post. \u201cCommunity is our first responders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She launched her battle plan in January, before COVID vaccines were readily available to everyone. The problem of vaccinating her neighbors was compounded in this \u201cmarginalized\u201d community by their age \u2013 \u201cthe average senior here is 87,\u201d Thibodeaux said \u2013 by San Francisco\u2019s hilly terrain and the neighborhood\u2019s lack of nearby public transportation options.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would take seniors two hours to get to a vaccination site,\u201d she said. The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> was long enough to deter many from even trying.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/FelisiaThibodeaux@.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Felisia Thibodeaux is the Executive Director of Southwest Community Corporation @ I.T. Bookman Community Center.\" class=\"wp-image-19133589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/FelisiaThibodeaux@.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/FelisiaThibodeaux@.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/FelisiaThibodeaux@.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Felisia Thibodeaux says neighbors in San Francisco\u2019s Ingleside Heights community struggled to get vaccinated with a two hour commute to the nearest site.<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">University of California San Francisco Community Advisory Board<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/chile-vaccination-069.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"A woman receives the COVID-19 vaccine at a sports stadium in Vina del Mar, Chile.\" class=\"wp-image-19133580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/chile-vaccination-069.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/chile-vaccination-069.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/chile-vaccination-069.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Felisia Thibodeaux would often drive neighbors to a vaccination site at San Francisco City College.<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Her efforts got a big boost from an anonymous donor, who provided the funds to buy a 15-seat van, which Thibodeaux then used to drive neighbors, sometimes one or two at a time, to a vaccine site at San Francisco City College.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving access was half of the battle,\u201d Thibodeaux,<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/bayarea\/article\/felisia-thibodeaux-vaccination-it-bookman-inglesid-16382590.php?IPID=SFGate-HP-Editors-Picks\"> told SFGate.com<\/a>. \u201cIf we could establish a hub for access, then we can do many things, not to mention build continuity, whether there\u2019s an earthquake, fires or smoke.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/covid-pfizer-038.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"A firefighter fills a syringe with a dose of the &quot;Comirnaty&quot; Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Disneyland Paris theme park vaccination center in Marne-la-Vallee, near Paris.\" class=\"wp-image-19133581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/covid-pfizer-038.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/covid-pfizer-038.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/covid-pfizer-038.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The majority of San Francisco\u2019s Ingleside Heights are senior citizens who needed to be vaccinated, Felisia Thibodeaux claims.<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So far, Thibodeaux has personally helped vaccinate 1,270 people. Her organization has assisted \u201canother couple thousand\u201d people get inoculated, she said.<\/p>\n<p>The Southwest Community Corporation celebrated another major success Friday, opening an on-site vaccination program in their headquarters at the I.T. Bookman Community Center.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/covid-vaccination-002.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Vaccine is readied at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston on March 19, 2021.\" class=\"wp-image-19133582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/covid-vaccination-002.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/covid-vaccination-002.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/covid-vaccination-002.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Felisia Thibodeaux\u2019s personal efforts to vaccinate the Ingleside Heights neighborhood has led to a local vaccination program in the community.<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Boston Globe via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>City data shows that about 21,000 people in the Ingleside Heights neighborhood have been vaccinated \u2013 a growing percentage of them due to Thibodeaux and her team.<\/p>\n<p>Thibodeaux said she draws inspiration from her own family\u2019s history of overcoming natural disasters. With roots in New Orleans, she said she lost family members during Hurricane Katrina. She personally survived San Francisco\u2019s deadly Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989, and in the late 1970s, her dad\u2019s grave in Houston was washed away by a hurricane.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/moderna-083.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Thai medical official prepares a booster dose of COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine at the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration General Hospital in Bangkok.\" class=\"wp-image-19133586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/moderna-083.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/moderna-083.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/moderna-083.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>On her own, Felisia Thibodeaux helped 1,270 people get fully vaccinated.<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Pacific Press\/LightRocket via Ge<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Her organization, pre-pandemic, spent much of its time preparing for earthquake contingencies, before pivoting to become vaccination champions.<\/p>\n<p>In these times of crises, she said, neighbors must lean on neighbors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf a building tumbles down, those who watched it fall become our first responders.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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