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Onelia Orellana talks to Texas Department of State Health Services specialist and translator Maria Palacio before she receives her first COVID-19 vaccine dose at Tennison Memorial United Methodist Church in Mount Pleasant on May 7, 2021. A more personalized push to promote vaccinations is proving effective in northeast Texas. Credit: Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribune
How a small Texas town doubled its COVID-19 vaccination rate in a month as the state’s rate declined
MOUNT PLEASANT — On Friday morning, Onelia Orellana felt conflicted.