of those eligible are still not vaccinated. despite the fact that vaccines are free, widely available and we know that they work. now, many are vaccine resicht, in large part, because of disinformation and misinformation. and that s why we need to answer their fears with facts. so cnn looked into some common myths that are keeping americans from getting vaccinated. we ll line up their arguments and then knock them down by answering them for you. first, people say we don t know what the long-term side effects are. they re downgrading the danger of the disease and elevating their fear of the vaccine. public health experts point out that adverse side effects in new vaccines are normally caught within the first two months of trials. that was a key reason why the fda required pharmaceutical companies to provide two months of safety data before issuing emergency use authorization. second is this rationalization. i ve already had covid-19 so i don t need to be vaccinated.
their part before? and where did he get this idea there wasn t enough research on the vaccine? he was a very bright and brilliant young man. he had a lot of friends who believed in him and what he said. if brandon said it, it s correct. he was telling his friends not to take the vaccine. and they did not, until he died. and then they started taking the vaccine after i asked them to. i had someone call me this morning to tell me that they had taken the vaccine, the first shot. so, it s working here. i m not going to get to the people who are dead against the vaccine. i m looking at the people who are straddling the fence and need somebody to say take the vaccine and they fall on the right side of the fence. and that s taking the vaccine. it is amazing what you are doing in honor of your son.
and they re the ones largely dying compared to others who are vaccinated. let s talk with medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. elizabeth? this is an unfortunate story. it did not have to happen. it was hoped if enough of us got vaccinated that we could protect the vulnerable, people who are immuno compromised. the vaccine often doesn t work out so well for them and they are not protected. but it hasn t worked out that way. vaccination rates are so low that we re not protecting these vulnerable people. let me introduce you to one of these vulnerable people. kimberly cooley, who lives in m mississippi. she s there with her two 6-year-old nephews prepandemic. in the county she lives in only about 37% of people are vaccinated and that means she can t get near her two nephews. again that photo is from before
fi firenados. when you are having debris inside of it up to 2,000 degrees, this is lofted in every which direction. firefighters are trying to put out spot fires it has created. this is something remarkable with the tremendous scale of the fires there. it is also incredible the fires are so hot they create their own weather patterns. they do. donald s daughter chelsea has been found safe and is in. o donnell had issued a plea on social media in assistance in locating chelsea saying she had stopped take ing her med ed case and in need of medication. she had used an unknown cell phone at times to contact her