Naw Mu Chaw had questions about the possible side effects of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Chaw, a recent Myanmar refugee, received medical attention at a community health center near her home in Clarkston, Georgia, a city of about 14,000 people. Her English is limited, but the center has an interpreter who translates health information into her native language, Burmese.
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