Here Comes the Covid-19 Community Corps and They Want You

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(Bloomberg) -- Just 35 million to go.

The U.S. has already inoculated 146 million adults against Covid-19 in the most massive vaccination drive in its history, and these next few million might seem like just a sprint to the finish line.

In fact, they are likely to prove the toughest of all, as states work their way toward President Joseph Biden’s goal of having 70% of those 18 and older with one shot in their arm by July 4.

“We’ve hit the low-hanging fruit, the folks that were lining up, that were eager beavers,” said Jenni Tilton-Flood, a dairy farmer in Clinton, Maine, on the banks of the Kennebec River. “We’ve got them done. Now we’ve got to get the rest.”

Tilton-Flood, who hosted a mobile clinic Tuesday for her family farm’s workers and those nearby, is on the front lines of volunteer foot soldiers from all walks of life who are persuading stragglers to roll up their sleeves and get their shots. Tuesday was a good day for Tilton-Flood: 42 people received vaccines at the clinic.

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