The searing summer heat wasn’t the only deterrent for the ASHA workers Santosh Godara, Poonam Kumawat, and Suman Mahedra, who were conducting an awareness campaign and survey to contact trace possible coronavirus cases in Alakhpura, Sikar District, Rajasthan on May 21, 2021. ASHA workers face suspicion and angry threats from villagers who are superstitious, in denial of the existence of the virus or simply, vaccine-hesitant.