By Dr. Francine Kaufman
What is it like to work in a large COVID-19 vaccination center in LA? How does being an endocrinologist help? What questions do people with diabetes ask? Dr. Kaufman shares her experience.
Often volunteer opportunities are life-affirming. For most of my medical career I have treated people with diabetes; having volunteered as a pediatric endocrinologist to work in many countries over many decades – including Haiti, where I helped run a camp for children with diabetes for years following the massive 2010 earthquake – I recently had the opportunity to help out again, closer to home., I had the opportunity to volunteer at an outdoor COVID-19 vaccination center in Los Angeles County. Given my work, I was particularly interested in learning what questions and concerns people with diabetes had as they received the vaccine.