Hundreds Vaccinated at Ministerios Vision Cristiana in Lynn

LYNN — In an effort to bring vaccines to the residents of the city in places that they feel comfortable, Lynn Community Health Center hosted a vaccination clinic Sunday at Ministerios Visión Cristiana on 333 Union St. Sandra Mendez and her sister Debora Merida, both of whom work at Logan airport, were two Lynn residents who received the vaccine Sunday afternoon. They waited for about an hour after their Sunday church service to receive their shots. “As Christians, we feel like God is in control of it regardless of whether or not there is a vaccine,” said  Mendez. “But if this is going to make people around us feel more comfortable, and make ourselves more comfortable, then we’ll do it.” Mendez felt that, if the vaccine clinic hadn’t been in the church, she would not have gotten a shot. “To tell you the truth, I don’t think so,” she said. “We feel at peace here, and because it’s here that’s why we’re getting it. I don’t think I would have gone somewhere else. “We’re helping us but we’re also helping people around us,” said Sandra. “It’s something that at least we have a higher percentage of being safe with it or without it.” For LCHC officials, establishing this element of trust with the community through organizations like the churches is crucial to the vaccination push. “It’s telling why people are receptive to receiving here as opposed to in a traditional health care setting,” said Rosie Conway, the practice manager of the COVID response team for the Lynn Community Health Center. ...