Toronto calls in the superheroes to help with vaccinating young children against COVID-19 in hopes of putting an end to outbreaks in the city.
It’s not uncommon for superheroes to put themselves on the line to defeat a threat to their city.
In Toronto, the Department of Health has mobilized its superhero team to fight the spread of coronavirus through the community.
It’s not uncommon for superheroes to put themselves on the line to defeat a threat to their city.
Dr. Barbara Yaffe, with the Toronto Public Health Unit, has asked everyone to consider donating the necessary masks and gloves to health units across the city to help with the vaccine effort.
“I’m not saying that we need any sort of heroic intervention here. We need the help of the public. It was the public that came to us, did we really have the information?” she said.
But the response to the vaccine effort has been remarkable.
“The support we’ve seen online, especially in this time of crisis or need, it’s really been overwhelming.”
“We were on our way to donate masks with the (Toronto Public Health Unit) at the Peel Public Health Unit, there was a man walking by, he recognized me and he started shaking the hand, and he thanked me, I think he knew who my husband was,” said Laura Hodge, a volunteer helping with the effort.
Hodge said she started volunteering with the Toronto Public Health Unit’s Vaccine Response Team in March, but was working at a homeless shelter when she decided to donate her time to the effort.
“After the man who shook my hand thanked me, I said, ‘You know what? Maybe this was my chance to help. But I’m going to work with the Vaccine Response Team,’ and he said, ‘I’m going to get on your team and you can count on me.’ “
A massive online call-to-action has driven the response, which is why Dr. Yaffe is also asking people to visit the Health Unit’s website and
