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THEY WERE NOT REQUIRED TO VOTE TO GET THE VACCINE, therefore they were not buying votes for anyone.
2. The program has been offered since 1996. There were a total 26 health departments this year providing vaccines near polling places, only one of which seems to have cancelled their vaccination clinic:
* Clinica Sierra Vista Grand Forks CA
* Central Coast VNA and Hospice Monterey CA
* San Francisco Department of Public Health San Francisco CA
* Garfield County Public Health Rifle CO
* VNA of Southeastern Connecticut Waterford CT
* Jefferson & Madison County Health Departments Monticello Madison FL
* Polk County Health Department Bartow FL
* Lowndes County Board of Health Valdosta GA
* Louisa County Public Health Wapello IA
* Community Health Center Partners of Sioux County Orange City IA
* Southwest District Health Caldwell ID
* Central District Health Department Boise ID
* Clay County Health Department Flora IL
* Whiteside County Health Department Rock Falls IL
* Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Cass Lake MN
* Saline County Health Department Marshall MO
* Monroe County Health Department Paris MO
* Lewis & Clark City-County Health Department Helena MT
* Cherokee Indian Hospital Public Health Cherokee NC
* Grand Forks Public Health Department Grand Forks ND
* Omaha Tribe of Nebraska Carl T. Curtis Health Education Center. Macy NE
* Erie Center on Health & Aging Erie PA
* Bethlehem Health Bureau Bethlehem PA
* Galveston County Health District La Marque TX
* City of Houston Dept of Health & Human Services Houston TX
* Tooele County Health Department Tooele UT
Source:
Flu Vaccines Provided To Older Adults On Election Day Through 'Vote And Vax' Initiative
3. Can you think of a better way of delivering a needed health service to people who need it???