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Officials at St. Mary's Medical Center and Palm Beach Children's Hospital plan to hold an event to encourage pregnant women to get vaccinated.

Receive a covid-19 vaccine. in early june it was 34%. then 25% in early august. now 19 %. were seeing a progress on reluctancy slipping away. >> why the change? and is there any indication of what could change more minds? >> i think there are two things going on. number one, when it comes to why weve seen the slippage in the hesitancy, i think fear is a factor. you see do folks see a risk in going back to their normal activities that they saw before the covid-19 pandemic? and look at this. look ...

>> thank you, john. i appreciate you having me on. this is just a disagreement among good friends. these are my good friends at nb. it was an honor to serve them on behalf of christian commu communicators. i didnt feel i was violating a position of neutrality because i spoke of my own experience of getting the vaccine and tried to speak to the hesitancy and fears and encourage people to talk to their doctors. i dont believe the way to persuade people is to shame and to, you know, capsle. i think...

But the spread of the virus continues, and vaccination take up remains low. victoria — which is home to more than a quarter of the countrys population —has reported the highest number of new daily cases in nearly a year. tony scott — professor of health economics at the melbourne institute, university of melbourne, has been telling me why so many australians are reluctant to be vaccinated. vaccine hesitancy in australia is about 20% say about half of those are onshore and about half defini...

“p but it is the 18—44 where it is up and not falling amongst that group very quickly so i think thatis group very quickly so i think that is a concern obviously. there are concerns in new south wales now of some freedoms. if you are doubly vaccinated, slightly less restrictions and thatis slightly less restrictions and that is going to help but it would be interesting to see how that influences peoples vaccination rates. initially australia _ vaccination rates. initially australia did _ vac...

Australia so supplies are an issue but hesitancy remains. in new south wales where we have 1000 cases a day now there is some evidence in the last couple of weeks vaccine hesitancy and started increase again suggesting that messages are not really getting through. and it still remains an issue particularly among young people. to particularly among young neale, ., , particularly among young n-eole. ., , , particularly among young --eole. ., , , ., particularly among young theole, ., , , ., ., peo...

To keep numbers down and i think people felt a bit immune to it or it wasnt coming to them. have you seen a change in peoples attitudes towards the vaccine as the number of cases has risen? look, it has. hesitancy has fallen but now it of, new south wales has that in that so were kind of get into the bottom of the curve i think. and thats still an issue. it is hard to kind of get in there into those communities. a couple in bolivia have gone to extraordinary lengths — or in fact heights — to...

Pfizer here in australia so supply is still an issue that hesitancy remains. in new south wales where we have a thousand cases a day now vaccine hesitancy, there is some evidence that started to increase again, actually, suggesting messages are not really getting through and it still remains an issue particularly among young people. particularly among young --eole. ,, particularly among young --eole. , ., , particularly among young --eole. , ., i, ., people. do you personally see a lot of messag...

It peaked in april at about 30 or 40% when we found out about the astrazeneca blood clots and that has remained. we have got a lot of astrazeneca but not a lot of pfizer here australia so supplies are an issue but hesitancy remains. in new south wales where we have 1000 cases a day now there is some evidence in the last couple of weeks vaccine hesitancy and started increase again suggesting that messages are not really getting through. and it still remains an issue particularly among young peopl...

Now not falling amongst that group very quickly. you know, that is a concern. obviously there are some issues in new south wales with some freedoms. if you are doubly vaccinated, slightly less restrictions and that is going to help but interesting to see how that influences peoples vaccination rates. what about the fear of getting the virus itself. initially australia did so well to keep numbers down and i think people felt a bit immune to it or it wasnt coming to them. have you seen a change in...