Biden NIH Director: Mandating Covid Vaccine “Would Make a Lot of Sense”
April 23rd 2021, 12:32 pm Why wouldn t you want to take care of a free, safe and effective vaccine that can save lives? he asked
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Speaking with MSNBC’s Chuck Todd on Thursday, National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins promoted mandatory vaccinations.
Touching on “vaccine hesitancy,” Collins said, “Particularly white evangelicals seem to be resistant to the idea that vaccines are something they want to take advantage of.”
“That’s also true of a lot young people who think of this disease as one that doesn’t have much of a threat to them and are going about doing the usual things without much concern,” he complained. “And, politically we know from the polls also this seems to split by your political party and certainly Republican men in particular seem to less likely to be interested in the vaccine.”
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Biden world fears many vaccine skeptics may be unreachable. They re trying anyway.
A new effort to sell the jab is focusing on a few things: financial hurdles, conservative media and not speaking down to those who are hesitant.
Maryland residents receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a community Covid-19 vaccination clinic March 23. | Win McNamee/Getty Images
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The Biden administration is launching a renewed, more nuanced push to tackle a resistance problem of its own it has more Covid vaccines than people willing or able to take them.
In recent days, officials have leveraged community groups, attempted to lower financial hurdles and utilized top health care officials all in the service of one objective: convincing reluctant folks to get the jab.
Survey: Faith leaders key to combat vaccine hesitancy among religious and QAnon believers
Faith-based approaches to combating vaccine hesitancy could be crucial to achieving herd immunity. Herman Simmons, left, makes a vaccination appointment for Theopulis Polk, right, at a Chicago laundromat on March 6, 2021. Simmons is a community outreach worker enlisted by St. Anthony Hospital. “I see myself as my brother’s keeper. I don’t try to force them. I’m persistent,” he said. In a race to boost vaccination rates as COVID-19 variants spread, U.S. communities are working to overcome mistrust and improve access among people of color. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)
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