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White house health adviser during the obama administration. you see the cover. how concerned are you? apparently officials in l.a. county are very concerned about the transmission of this virus. how concerned are you? >> very concerned. you dont have to look at l.a. look at southwestern missouri around the springfield area, an area i know well. you have hospitals full of patients with covid, areas that have been skeptical of the vaccine where people are resistant. it is not just hesitancy. there...

Live pictures of the white house briefing room. at any moment there were be new warnings about health misinformation. misinformation about covid-19 vaccines. some of this comes with social media post. some of it is word of mouth in your neighborhood from people spreading myths. some of it comes from politicians. this is a republican member of congress. thousands of people are reporting serious life-changing vaccine side effects from taking vaccines. she cites deaths. social media taking biden se...

Vaccinated fully vaccinated increase. wha >> whats stopping people from getting vaccinated? >> im sorry. could you repeat that question? >> whats stopping more people from getting vaccinated? >> you know, i dont really know the answer to that question. of the eligible people that are in the state, as you said, we know that approximately a third have been vaccinated. obviously we would like for as many people to get vaccinated as possible, but there is -- you know, we are relatively a rural state...

Its pretty clear who theyre listening to, and its not the scientists. they have vanderbilt university, a preeminent research institution in their backyard where they can talk to any vaccine expert and researcher they want to, yet they choose to listen to the facebook memes and disinformation that these anti-vaccine groups are sewing. >> one of my main experts on covid all along has been a vandy -- a vanderbilt professor. now, how is this translating? what are you hearing on the patient level in ...

Important. weve got to make our workplace safe and our customers safe. >> i want to add to the point -- >> you can talk to -- yes. >> the only way to change the dynamic, especially in places where there is a hesitancy, is to have a requirement. if you cant walk into a walmart or work at a walmart without a vaccination, especially in states where there is a hesitancy, thats going to actually change the dynamic. if you cant get on an airplane without a vaccination, that is going to change the dyna...

Mask while surfing, please let us know. that would be an interesting twist of events. i want to say something now for my current vice president, kamala harris. back during debates, and this is what we heard a lot from the left, because now they are really giving people a hard time who have questions or hesitancy or decided that the vaccine is not for them where the risk doesnt match their medical history. this is with the vice president said a few months ago. speak out at trump administration ap...

Is the government having to become more vigilant about a vaccination uptake, because of hesitancy in france? to vaccination uptake, because of hesitancy in france?— hesitancy in france? to some extent, hesitancy in france? to some extent. yes. _ hesitancy in france? to some extent, yes, but _ hesitancy in france? to some extent, yes, but it— hesitancy in france? to some extent, yes, but it is- hesitancy in france? to some extent, yes, but it is a - hesitancy in france? to some extent, yes, b...

What we are focusing on are our communities of color where we know that we have less than 20% across the state that are vaccinated. we certainly know that there are vaccine -- theres vaccine hesitancy in those communities of color for some very valid reasons, some of which we continue to hear. we know that at the core is racism embedded in our health system as well as in our governmental agents. so theres a lot of distrust there. theres also a lot of misinformation. >> how much of this is the mi...

Others took the lead but university students shouldnt come back unless they have been vaccinated. >> its an interesting point because some said there are people that will get vaccinated once they get the full approval and the eua is a conspiracy talking point but you raise on interesting point that may enable companies to require it and i think its significant. you mentioned cpac and, you know, the hesitancy weve seen for getting vaccines, right, is contributing to the drop in the pace of vaccin...

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