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Where the conversations happen. the conversations are happening right now. i do think its important to point out that in addition to hesitancy, theres also the very real issue of vaccine access. thats something the biden administration is addressing as well. doing things like partnering with childcare centers to provide free childcare for people getting the vaccine or partnering with pharmacies to extend hours. >> blayne alexander, thank you. thanks to all of you for your time. we will keep an e...

Standing in their way of getting the shot. what are they telling you? >> a lot was just misinformation. information from the wrong places. i have a client base between the ages of 30 to 45 years old. what i realized was a lot was going on social media. they wasnt getting information from cdc or health care provider. what i did was just have information around the salon so when they came in, we was able to share this information and get them to be able to have a better outlook on this vaccination...

It hits close to home. how do we get the black community more comfortable talking about issues like this and chip away at this hesitancy? >> great question. hesitancy doesnt mean never. i think that the issue of trust really matters. the distrust that we see in the african-american community and other communities of color is legitimate. it has been earned. some of the responses are, why are they interested in us now? we have been suffering with chronic diseases. now they are rushing here to help...

Nearly every denomination agrees loving your neighbor lies at the heart of Christian faith. If you love your neighbor, you have to get the vaccine.

Social pressures, misinformation are at play

In a letter to Union Health Minister, Dr Harsh Vardhan he also said that the state has not received vaccines proportionate to its size and population, and caseload, and requested that this could be compensated by a special allocation of 50 lakh doses of vaccine under the centre channel and other state channels.Than

You like to see the efforts concentrated when it comes to our sort of vaccine plateau issue? >> yeah, chuck, we always knew that it was going to turn to a ground game, and then really trying to focus in now to smaller groups that we need to remove structural barriers to get them vaccinated. we need to provide more one on one education, you know, to remove hesitancy, to understand whats driving some of that but really my eyes are on the global scene. youre seeing cases increase through most parts...

There is a raging pandemic. we need to get them out. i would love to see the u.s. engage and donate a lot of our surplus, the covax kind of cow run by the world health oshgs. but i also think we need to be nimble and have a supply that were able to rapidly allocate to place thats are seeing a surnl, to help cut that off. and so i think that there is a couple ways we can approach this. the administration has done an incredible job in the u.s. it has adept and been flexible at different points wit...

By the omb and trump impeachment. they did it in morning, and in the afternoon they could barely fit in their own agenda. theres a real hesitancy to jump on it. >> anything that takes them off message, something they dont want to deal with. the committee chairs in the house, i dont think theyll go quietly. theyre certainly not going to let that happen. >> certainly not. we have a little power issue here in the bureau, ive gone into the dark here. well take a quick break. ♪welcome back to that ...

Know how do we get that best science -- leave the politics behind. its a very tough situation right now when there is such other bigger geo politics that are involved. >> in terms of vaccine availability, now, in the country, have we reached that point where it is -- you could describe it as being so easy to get that all you are up against now is people either having difficulty scheduling because of work or hesitancy? >> thats right. availability here in the u.s. is going to be very high, to the...