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Who will get vaccinated. theyve not dug in their heels. i think they can get vaccinated sooner rather than later if we meet questions with facts and confidence. >> there are people who say you see at least some modest progress in recent days. why? is there a key? is it communicating a different way? is it doctors getting on the phone? is it fear when people see the case count going up like it is? >> i really think its all of the above. weve done a good job engaging trusted messengers. were going...

Nonjudgmental way, direct engagement. and last, authentic messengers. as a member of the military, we need people former uniformed service members talking to members of the military, not op-eds saying the military needs to mandate the vaccine wholesale, we need to build trust. if we think we can mandate our way out of way out of this, were going to one day down the road have a reckoning because we didnt build trust. we need to build trust now. >> well, i fear that the reckoning is here. this is ...

Because i think there are two buckets of people, right? you have some i call the maga crowd who have never known actual oppression, so they assume things like mask mandates are oppression. then you have a different bucket of people. you have people of color who are very distrustful of government and the health care industry for reasons that are deeply rooted in historical fact and data. i think these two groups of people need different messaging and different messengers. in your area of louisian...

Tweets out about her husband not doing very well. i wonder about the power of those messages and messengers to combat disinformation about covid vaccines. >> thats right, nicolle. weve talked about it a lot over the last few weeks, and it never made sense politically to pursue such an approach. i mean you could push misinformation, disinformation around some political issues and, yes, we will see the slow death of our democracy. we have already seen that really with the insurrection, but this is...

Trusted messengers. i think were making progress. our cases are oust of control. weve quadrupled the cases over the past weeks but last week we doubled new vaccine administrations and we got some data last night to suggest it is going up even farther now. you just hate to see it have to come to this. families realize that protecting themself is the right thing to doo right now. >> you have said that your state has lost six months of progress on the vaccination front in two weeks. that is tragic....

To get out there and encourage them to get vaccinated as well as the trusted messengers in the community. weve just got to do better, jake, because we have the tools to do this. this is an unnecessary predicament were putting ourselves in. >> pfizers vaccine effectiveness can drop as low as 60% six months after getting the shot. some vulnerable americans, some, will ultimately need booster shots. thats a shift from a few weeks ago. what changed? >> well, i think, you know, its a dynamic situatio...

People like steve scalise come out and say we need to get vaccinated. even governor desantis in florida is saying the same thing. weve got to get more people who relate well to the individuals who are not getting vaccinated to get out there and encourage them to get vaccinated as well as the trusted messengers in the community. weve just got to do better, jake, because we have the tools to do this. this is an unnecessary predicament were putting ourselves in. >> a new study out of israel suggest...

Of people who early voted and did not use an envelope. thats obvious, but the way theyre spinning things is really detrimental to this remust be, to the health of our democracy. i dont really blame folks as much as i blame those messengers and the people who repeat the messages. >> adrian fontez, good to talk with you. were going to follow your campaign. come see me again. thank you. the new obstacle for athletes on day two of the olympic games. athletes on day two of the olympic games. re nex...

These people if they were to come to reality themselves? >> i think it mostly comes interest capitol hill. its got to be republican congressmen that are honest with the american people about the damage done to our democracy on january 6th. mike pence, the former vice president, he alone should be a messenger out there saying, hey look, these people were trying to attack me. they interrupted the democratic process. they did not allow for the peaceful transfer of power. in many of these jurisdicti...

Vaccinated. but he also insisted that they will continue fighting against misinformation. you have seen this white house really pick up that mantle over the course of the past week trying to push back on this misinformation, some of it spreading via social media, as they are really concerned about the unvaccinated americans and really they want to find those messengers outside of the white house, they know that there are others who can help either conservative politicians, doctors, local passtor...