An organisation helping youth has encouraged them to roll up their sleeves for the Pfizer jab while speaking the language of teens – social media and takeaways.
Ten Nelson youths took the plunge this week after having their fears about the vaccine allayed; with the promise of McDonald's afterwards being the cherry on top.
Whanake Youth manager Lee-Ann O'Brien said the aim was to help and support people in alternative education and in various youth services, to get the vaccination.
“Some of them don’t have access to transport or maybe the families weren’t so keen on the vaccination.”
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The first step was getting the young people, aged from teenagers to some in their early 20s, to take part in a chat on social media platform Instagram where they could ask questions about the vaccine, she said.
Questions included: “Does it hurt?” and “Are there microchips in it?”, she said.
“We were able to provide, through our Instagram, a whole lot of opportunities to ask questions and go: ‘Actually, these are the facts’.”
Once the youth felt armed with the correct information, two groups ranging from 13 to 21 were picked up from Brightwater, Stoke and Nelson before being taken to Victory Pharmacy for their first Pfizer jab, followed by a feed at McDonald’s before being...
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