“I got the vaccine so that I could be with my best friends, like Abby, or with older family members like my grandparents, and not worry about spreading COVID to them. I got the vaccine to protect my community so that restaurants and businesses can open, so that we can go to concerts again, so that we can hug and kiss each other again, so that we can come together as a community in-person again, so that we stop losing our community to a virus.”

Combating Covid
A Weekend With Friends Made Possible By The Vaccine
Since getting the COVID-19 vaccine, Chelsea has been able to plan trips with friends and see older members of her family, and she hopes that other Oregonians will follow suit!