Nonprofit started by Sean Penn aids Georgia vaccine drive

FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2021 file photo, Sean Penn arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Flag Day" at the Directors Guild of America Theater in Los Angeles. A disaster relief organization founded by Penn is boosting Georgia's drive to inoculate people against the coronavirus, though some of its pop-up vaccine clinics have struggled to attract people.

CORE has offered COVID shots at hundreds of sites in big and small communities around the state, including schools, farmers’ markets and meat plants. But it has had few takers at some locations — a likely reflection, at least in part, of skepticism about vaccines in Georgia. The percentage of people who are fully vaccinated in the state is well below the national average, and that’s a big factor in Georgia’s nearly three-month surge in COVID infections and hospitalizations.

Vaccine hesitancy is particularly challenging for CORE, which focuses on hard-to-reach communities with low vaccine uptake. In Georgia, the group plans to spend more time offering vaccines to employees at work sites, where turnout is better, said Margaret Herro, CORE’s Georgia director. In less than three hours, more than two dozen employees had come through for a shot, among them Major Goodman, 61. Goodman said he didn’t want to get the vaccine, but worried about infecting his 86-year-old mother.

“When you put the effort into going into areas where there’s less interest, that’s kind of the result,” he said. His takeaway, however, was that CORE needed to come back at busier times, including the weekend.

Sean Penn has always been a badass.

vaccinate, not inoculate. why can’t you get this right?

all i need are some cool waves and a tasty jab

I applaud Sean Penn - he doesn’t have to care, he doesn’t have to do anything, and yet he is doing more than most, in his position!

because people dont want to be vaccinated and thats why

Maybe he should reach out to the local organizations that are there. To help spread the word.

good luck

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