Column: A COVID vaccine with your tacos? Just a day's work for this Muslim activist
Print The sun was setting on the Islamic Center of Santa Ana on a recent weekend day as Rida Hamida posed in front of a taco truck. In her hands were the menu items for the evening: halal tacos — and the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. “Let’s do a TikTok,” the Anaheim resident told a friend. “Let’s show everyone what’s here. Let’s get them here!” A COVID vaccine/taco truck party at Islamic Center of Santa Ana on May 1. (Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times) Over 200 Muslims sat in tables in the Islamic Center’s parking lot as they prepared to break the Ramadan fast. Some lined up with ...
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