If you’re not vaccinated against COVID-19 by now, you never will be, right? Wrong. Not if you ask a South Side pastor who is thinking outside the box to drive up vaccination rates.
Wrong. Not if you ask a South Side pastor who is thinking outside the box to drive up vaccination rates. CBS 2’s Tim McNicholas showed us Thursday morning how the pastor is trying to spread his success.“We have gift cards from Walmart,” said Pastor Charles Rogers.
“The church is about saving souls, but also saving lives,” Rogers said. “What’s the point of saving a soul, then losing a life?”is located at 87th and Laflin streets in Auburn Gresham. In its 60620 ZIP code, just about half the population is fully vaccinated. As for that one remaining congregant here who is vaccinated, but not boosted? His name is Chuck Hawkins, and he will add a line to his vaccine card on Friday.
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