Can’t go out to get COVID-19 vaccine? Officials will bring it to you in Baltimore City – WBAL TV Baltimore

Getting more Baltimore City residents vaccinated against COVID-19 often means going to them directly at their home.|| COVID-19 updates | Maryland's latest numbers | Get tested | Vaccine Info ||Thanks to the city health and fire departments, EMTs are helping to reach people who can't get out to get the shot.Baltimore City fire Lt. Bryan Johnson and paramedic Claytonia Everette have been making house calls to deliver the COVID-19 vaccine since May."Just to see the people's enthusiasm that they are finally getting vaccinated," Johnson said. "By us being able to get to them to give them the vaccination, it means a lot to them and it makes us feel good that we are actually being part of that."On Friday, the pair gave 79-year-old Mary Childs and her daughter, Sharon Childs, their second dose of the vaccine."The health department has been running a great service by bringing in-home vaccinations to seniors and caregivers like myself who provide support and services to their care recipient," Sharon Childs said.So far, the pair has administered 300 doses of the Moderna or Johnson and Johnson vaccine, also known as the Janssen vaccine."It means the world to them. We actually create a relationship with the patients that we see. We come in, we do what we do, we sit for 15 minutes, and during the 15 minutes, we actually start talking. (It) depends on what they want to talk about. We talk to them, build a rapport and they say, 'Are you the two that's going to be coming back?'" Everette said.And the answer is yes. Sharon Childs said she hopes people will see how this service has helped her and her mother and make an appointment Friday."I want to encourage (people) not to be discouraged from receiving the vaccination and not to allow themselves to make decisions based on what others think," Sharon Childs said.Call 443-984-8650 to make an appointment.

Getting more Baltimore City residents vaccinated against COVID-19 often means going to them directly at their home.

|| COVID-19 updates | Maryland's latest numbers | Get tested | Vaccine Info ||

Thanks to the city health and fire departments, EMTs are helping to reach people who can't get out to get the shot.

Baltimore City fire Lt. Bryan Johnson and paramedic Claytonia Everette have been making house calls to deliver the COVID-19 vaccine since May.

"Just to see the people's enthusiasm that they are finally getting vaccinated," Johnson said. "By us being able to get to them to give them the vaccination, it means a lot to them and it makes us feel good that we are actually being part of that."

On Friday, the pair gave 79-year-old Mary Childs and her daughter, Sharon Childs, their second dose of the vaccine.

"The health department has been running a great service by bringing in-home vaccinations to seniors and caregivers like myself who provide support and services to their care recipient," Sharon Childs said.

So far, the pair has administered 300 doses of the Moderna or Johnson and Johnson vaccine, also known as the Janssen vaccine.

"It means the world to them. We actually create a relationship with the patients that we see. We come in, we do what we do, we sit for 15 minutes, and during the 15 minutes, we actually start talking. (It) depends on what they want to talk about. We talk to them, build a rapport and they say, 'Are you the two that's going to be coming back?'" Everette said.

And the answer is yes. Sharon Childs said she hopes people will see how this service has helped her and her mother and make an appointment Friday.

"I want to encourage (people) not to be discouraged from receiving the vaccination and not to allow themselves to make decisions based on what others think," Sharon Childs said.

Call 443-984-8650 to make an appointment.

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