and every ever week, about a mile and a half away, his friend gabe scott does the same thing, at the same time. they walk toward each other and when they meet, it's the weirdest thing. you see that? clap snap high five. then, often they simply walk home. the whole exercise, their way of saying hi. you realize people have telephones and that you can just call your buddy? >> you are right, we should have been doing that this whole time. pick up the phone is great. i have are a friend who literally will walk through the rain and snow to give me a high five and i wish everyone could feel that feeling. >> reporter: andy and gabe are musicians in nashville. they met in a concert in 2000, and became friends. they got together on occasion. but not as often as they would have liked so they invented this bit of silliness a few years ago as a way of guaranteeing that they see each other once a week. >> this is high five general. >> reporter: andy has a willing of every encounter, including the one that was nearly their last. >> it was high five number 312. >> reporter: gabe was hospitalized wit

scott. >> all right, thank you. a similar story tonight throughout neighborhoods in queens, new york low vaccination rates bringing mobile clinics into the city in an effort to turn things around. nbc's gabe gutierrez in corona tonight. >> reporter: scott, this was the one-time epicenter of the epicenter, corona queens, the neighborhood that actually shared the virus' name now it's having a hard time vaccinating many of its residents. only about 28% in this zip code are now fully vaccinated one local doctor telling me that it might take a while for these updated cdc guidelines to sink in today we saw many people out here, outside still wearing masks. >> i think people are still scared i think people still remember what it was like a year ago. >> reporter: to ramp up vaccinations in this neighborhood, the city is bringing mobile clinics like this one walk-ins welcome no appointments necessary. scott. >> gabe, thank you >>> and in florida, people a gyms showing up for their workouts, no masks, no social distancing nbc's sam brock in miami where people are working off that quarantine 15. >> reporter: in the state of florida, the coronavirus restrictions had been dropped a couple of weeks ago