A group of South African undertakers started a campaign this month to encourage vaccinations.
Undertakers in South Africa are joining the effort to get members of their communities vaccinated against COVID-19.
One undertaker participating in the campaign was Vuyo Mabindisi, who owns and operates Vuyo's Funeral Services in Soweto. As he handed out pamphlets on the dangers of COVID-19 and the importance of vaccination, he told passerby,"We don't want to see you coming to our offices." Thankfully, the efforts of Mabindisi and other undertakers could be paying off. Many people stopped to ask questions about the COVID-19 vaccine, including where they could receive it. A Soweto church is among the places residents could get a vaccine, which is where bank employee Thabo Teffo received his first shot. Although initially skeptical of the vaccine, he recently changed his mind after a health scare.
A woman watches hearses drive in convoy through Soweto, South Africa, December 7, 2021. Over 40 hearses took part in what was a COVID-19 vaccine awareness campaign with the slogan:"We not in a hurry to see you!"A year after the COVID-19 vaccine became available, traditional public health campaigns promoting vaccination are often going unheeded. So an unconventional cadre of people has joined the effort.
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