without the vaccine. i believe the emphasis should be on people boosting their immune system. >> can i ask you what's your hesitance with taking it? >> i'm scared of being chipped. >> reporter: fighting myths, lies and other misinformation is key. >> it's extremely challenging fighting the misinformation. we're fighting, you know, facebook. we're fighting twitter. but we're also fighting people's misperceptions and distrust of the system as a whole. >> reporter: efforts like these here in far rockaway have gotten thousands of people vaccinated. >> we're just out here doing some outreach. >> reporter: but there are many more lives to be saved. >> one time messaging is not enough. we have to go back, and i, myself, have three success stories personally lately, and i spoke to these people maybe a minimum of ten times each. >> reporter: so the work continues. athena jones, cnn, far rockaway,