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You have a sense that that makes sense to you, given what youve express in the book, why black people continue to have the level of hesitancy they have. >> look at the history of corporations and governments and sterilization, just as recently as 2017 there were latin women on the border who were getting sterilized because -- there was a woman who got sterilized because somebody told her it would be treatment for medical problems she was having. they took her blood, all these medical treatments,...

Least one dose. on par with national numbers. much like in the outside world, the challenge now is hesitancy, fuelled by mistrust of the prison health system and misinformation. >> my girl, her aunt took the shot and she had a stroke and she passed. so -- >> reporter: denby declined the vaccine when offered. last month the texas legislature passed a bill that would allow some paroled inmates to complete release programs in the outside world under community supervision. >> for those nonviolent dr...

Access, but also vaccine hesitancy and having to overcome those two issues. >> absolutely. the hesitancy is on account of a number of things. i think theres historical mistrust, you know, within black and brown communities, and we have to acknowledge of of that is justified. along with understanding that individuals who have not gone to a healthcare providers in many, many years, we have a tremendous mountain to climb in order to encourage them to do something thats against every norm that they ...

So before we talk about the heat and whats to come this weekend and in the coming days, i do want to say there are many people out and about here at the beach. when you come to the beach, you get a little relief. youre seeing groups of people together, people without masks. after speaking to many, there is a bit of a hesitancy when it comes to masks. people who carry them around and say theyre just not sure exactly when to wear them or when not to wear them. overall, just a sense of excitement b...

Is making this push even more critical, joining us now is cdc director dr. rochelle walensky. thank you for being with us today. 70% by 4th of july. 16 days away. we need to average 750,000 vaccines a day to meet that goal and were averaging about half that right now. will we meet the presidents goal? >> good afternoon, ana, thanks for having me back. its -- you know, were doing everything we can. im here today, at the ebenezer baptist church where we met with people who have been vaccinated and...

Demographics. if you look at that data that says red voters are more hesitant than blue voters, that rural areas tend to be more hesitant than urban areas and areas of a high percentage of evangelical faiths have a higher hesitancy. we have a high percentage of red, rural and evangelicals. >> steve, thank you for coming in. it is so horrible to hear surges and spikes and things ticking up again. thank you for coming on. >> you are very welcome. "outfront" with me is dr. rhiner, what do you thi...

You have to remember this is still, in so many places in the state, still a head state, so we know there is hesitancy on the far right, but also many minority communities are still very concerned about the vaccine, and we know the historical context of those concerns, of longstanding dissonant trust of vaccines, so we are continuing to educate people. ive been fully vaccinated as well as my husband, my mother, and two of my teenagers are fully vaccinated. and so its going to be important for tru...

Tell if those kids were targeted or if it was a road rage incident. and any minute now, vice president kamala harris will head to atlanta, georgia to promote covid vaccinations and voting rights. less than half of fulton county is now fully vaccinated, less than half. while that is in line with the rest of the country, it is higher than the rest of the state. and with the state opening up and vaccines rolling out, atlanta is also grappling with a massive spike in crime. homicides up nearly 60 --...

To build up vaccine confidence, the Florida Department of Health in Manatee County hired a vaccine hesitancy consultant to reach people who are having second thoughts.

There has been a _ they need. why is that? i think there has been a breakdown i they need. why is that? i think there has been a breakdown ofj they need. why is that? i think - there has been a breakdown of trust between the black community and the whole social work sector, and i think we need to help bridge that. the government has made some good information that they are keen to do that i want to put money and energy behind it, so wejust need that i want to put money and energy behind it, so w...