VP debate: Mike Pence accuses Kamala Harris of 'undermining confidence' in a Trump vaccine
4 years, 3 months ago

VP debate: Mike Pence accuses Kamala Harris of 'undermining confidence' in a Trump vaccine

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Vice President Mike Pence slammed Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris for “undermining” public confidence in a potential coronavirus vaccine after she said she would not take it if Donald Trump endorses it but top doctors do not. “If the doctors tell us to take it, I’ll be the first in line to take it,” she said. “But if Donald Trump tells us to take it, I’m not taking it.” Mr Pence accused her of “playing politics with people’s lives,” calling her perceived “undermining of public confidence” about a potential vaccine “unconscionable.” She also accused the administration of a deadly cover up over its coronavirus response. “They knew and they covered it up,” Ms Harris said of the Trump administration and what it knew about the virus in February and March.

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Trump says he’s a ‘believer’ in polio vaccine, and other news conference takeaways
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Trump says he’s a ‘believer’ in polio vaccine, and other news conference takeaways

Associated Press  

President-elect Donald Trump on Monday held a wide-ranging news conference in which he said he would preserve access to the polio vaccine but equivocated on other vaccines, pledged to look at bringing down the costs of pharmaceuticals and expressed doubts that his daughter-in-law might be Florida’s next senator. Here’s a look at some of what he touched on: Trump provides …

Trump nominees should ‘steer clear’ of undermining polio vaccine, McConnell says
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Trump nominees should ‘steer clear’ of undermining polio vaccine, McConnell says

LA Times  

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, left, wears a bandage on his face and wrist after falling during a luncheon on Capitol Hill on Tuesday in Washington. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who had polio as a child, says any of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees seeking Senate confirmation should “steer clear” of efforts to discredit the polio vaccine. “Anyone seeking the …

Trump nominee's top ally calls for polio vaccines to be pulled from market: report
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Trump nominee's top ally calls for polio vaccines to be pulled from market: report

Raw Story  

A lawyer helping Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pick his public health team for the incoming Donald Trump administration has asked the government to revoke its approval of the polio vaccine, according to a new report. Kennedy ally Aaron Siri, who represented him during his failed presidential bid, has also filed a petition on behalf of the Informed Consent Action Network …

Trump’s first term brought world-changing vaccine. His second could bring retreat
1 month ago

Trump’s first term brought world-changing vaccine. His second could bring retreat

LA Times  

President Trump once celebrated the COVID-19 vaccines released at the end of his first term as “one of the greatest achievements of mankind,” echoing the sentiments of mainstream medical officials who praised their rapid development as pivotal in combating the then-raging pandemic. There’s Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, who …

‘Dire implications’: Experts warn Trump could spark global health crisis with latest idea
2 months ago

‘Dire implications’: Experts warn Trump could spark global health crisis with latest idea

Raw Story  

Over the weekend Donald Trump said he is considering a ban on not just vaccine mandates, but vaccines themselves—an extension of his embrace of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He is expected to put RFK Jr., a known AIDS denialist and anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist and purveyor of vaccine misinformation who has likened the use of vaccines to the "holocaust," in charge …

Trump leads — on vaccine skepticism
3 months ago

Trump leads — on vaccine skepticism

Raw Story  

More than four years ago, former President Donald Trump’s administration accelerated the development and rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine. But a substantial number of Republican voters now identify as vaccine skeptics — and Trump rarely mentions what’s considered one of the great public health accomplishments in recent memory. In a recent tour with former Fox News broadcaster Tucker Carlson, Kennedy …

Column: Does Ron DeSantis even believe his dangerous B.S. about COVID vaccines?
1 year, 3 months ago

Column: Does Ron DeSantis even believe his dangerous B.S. about COVID vaccines?

LA Times  

The latest government advisories on the new monovalent COVID-19 vaccines were not much of a surprise. “I chose to lift Florida up, not follow the lead of Dr. Fauci and lock Florida down.” Ladapo opened the roundtable by stating, “We continue to live in a world where the CDC and the FDA, when it comes to COVID at least, are …

Dr Fauci pushes back on Biden’s claim the Covid pandemic is over
2 years, 3 months ago

Dr Fauci pushes back on Biden’s claim the Covid pandemic is over

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Anthony Fauci said on Monday that the US is not …

Trump nixed plan to get vaccinated alongside Clinton, Bush and Obama, new book reveals
2 years, 4 months ago

Trump nixed plan to get vaccinated alongside Clinton, Bush and Obama, new book reveals

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Former president Donald Trump nixed a plan to receive his …

Gov. Gavin Newsom tests positive for COVID-19, has ‘mild symptoms’
2 years, 7 months ago

Gov. Gavin Newsom tests positive for COVID-19, has ‘mild symptoms’

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom said he tested positive for the coronavirus Saturday, making him the latest government official to contract the virus that relentlessly continues to challenge healthcare systems across the nation and around the world. I tested positive for COVID-19,” Newsom, who is vaccinated and has received two booster shots — the most recent on May 18 — announced in a …

WHO wants surveillance, Kamala Harris infected: Top global Covid updates
2 years, 8 months ago

WHO wants surveillance, Kamala Harris infected: Top global Covid updates

Hindustan Times  

The World Health Organisation urged countries to maintain surveillance of coronavirus infections, in the wake of the latest surge in cases. - WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said as many countries reduce testing, WHO is receiving less and less information about transmission and sequencing, while urging authorities to maintain surveillance of coronavirus infections. - US Vice President Kamala Harris tested …

Kamala Harris, US vice-president, tests Covid positive: White House
2 years, 8 months ago

Kamala Harris, US vice-president, tests Covid positive: White House

Hindustan Times  

US vice-president Kamala Harris on Tuesday tested positive for Covid-19, the White House announced. Harris' press secretary Kirsten Allen said the vice-president tested positive on both rapid and a PCR tests, and said she “has exhibited no symptoms.” Harris will isolate at her residence but continue to work remotely, and would only return to the White House once she tests …

US Vice President Kamala Harris tests positive for Covid-19
2 years, 8 months ago

US Vice President Kamala Harris tests positive for Covid-19

India Today  

Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, the White House announced, underscoring the persistence of the highly contagious virus even as the US eases restrictions in a bid to revert to pre-pandemic normalcy. The White House said neither President Joe Biden nor first lady Jill Biden were considered a “close contact” of Harris in recent days. The …

Kamala Harris is prescribed antiviral drug after testing positive for coronavirus
2 years, 8 months ago

Kamala Harris is prescribed antiviral drug after testing positive for coronavirus

LA Times  

Vice President Kamala Harris tests positive for the coronavirus but has no symptoms, and hasn’t had recent contact with President Biden, her office said. Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday became the highest ranking official in the Biden administration to test positive for the coronavirus but was not experiencing symptoms, her office said. “The Vice President will return to the …

US Vice President Kamala Harris tests positive for COVID
2 years, 8 months ago

US Vice President Kamala Harris tests positive for COVID

Al Jazeera  

Harris, who is not displaying symptoms, according to her office, is the latest top US official to contract the coronavirus. US Vice President Kamala Harris has tested positive for COVID-19, the White House said, becoming the latest top official in Washington to contract the coronavirus. “Today, Vice President Harris tested positive for COVID-19 on rapid and PCR tests,” said spokeswoman …

Dr Hilary calls unvaccinated doctor ‘unethical’ for refusing vaccine
2 years, 11 months ago

Dr Hilary calls unvaccinated doctor ‘unethical’ for refusing vaccine

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Appearing on Good Morning Britain, Jones said it is “unethical” for a doctor to refuse …

Biden urges concern but not alarm in US as omicron rises
3 years ago

Biden urges concern but not alarm in US as omicron rises

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden urged concern but not alarm as the United States set records for daily reported COVID-19 cases and his administration struggled to ease concerns about testing shortages, school closures and other disruptions caused by the omicron variant. In remarks Tuesday before a meeting with his COVID-19 response team at the White House, Biden aimed to convey …

Conservatives fume at an unlikely target: A pro-vaccine Big Bird
3 years, 2 months ago

Conservatives fume at an unlikely target: A pro-vaccine Big Bird

The Independent  

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Full FDA approval of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine had only a modest impact on uptake. Here’s what mattered more
3 years, 3 months ago

Full FDA approval of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine had only a modest impact on uptake. Here’s what mattered more

CNN  

CNN — Despite hopes that full approval of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine would convince large numbers of vaccine-hesitant Americans to roll up their sleeves, a federal government analysis provided to CNN suggests approval was not a silver bullet. The data backs up what a recent poll found: While full approval might matter to some unvaccinated Americans, it’s likely not going to …

Biden’s vaccine mandate splits U.S. along party lines, poll finds
3 years, 3 months ago

Biden’s vaccine mandate splits U.S. along party lines, poll finds

LA Times  

A survey of Americans on President Biden’s plan to require most workers to get either vaccinated or regularly tested for COVID-19 finds a deep divide: Democrats are overwhelmingly for it, while most Republicans are against it. “I don’t believe the federal government should have a say in me having to get the vaccine or lose my job or get tested,” …

Analysis: Biden's war on virus becomes war on unvaccinated
3 years, 3 months ago

Analysis: Biden's war on virus becomes war on unvaccinated

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Nearly 8 months after declaring “war” on the coronavirus as he took office, Biden …

Trump says Biden to blame for vaccine hesitancy, despite spending two years downplaying pandemic and getting his jabs in secret
3 years, 3 months ago

Trump says Biden to blame for vaccine hesitancy, despite spending two years downplaying pandemic and getting his jabs in secret

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr Trump said the move "shouldn't be necessary" and then claimed – without evidence …

Opinion: The pandemic is being weaponized
3 years, 3 months ago

Opinion: The pandemic is being weaponized

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Frida Ghitis a former CNN producer and correspondent, is a world affairs columnist. But there’s one key reason why the world’s wealthiest nation, home to many of the planet’s top public health experts, is the red-hot bubbling epicenter of a pandemic that just won’t quit. After Biden revealed his six-step plan against the still raging pandemic, which includes …

Pandemic of distrust: The Hindu Editorial on resisting COVID-19 vaccination
3 years, 5 months ago

Pandemic of distrust: The Hindu Editorial on resisting COVID-19 vaccination

The Hindu  

President Joe Biden and the director of the CDC warned this week that the COVID-19 crisis in the U.S. was becoming a “pandemic of the unvaccinated”. This came on the back of the firm commitment by the Biden administration to follow the science in the tackling of the pandemic, and quickly secure pledges from vaccine manufacturers — including Pfizer, Moderna …

August 2, 2021 US coronavirus news
3 years, 5 months ago

August 2, 2021 US coronavirus news

CNN  

A senior administration official told CNN they believe there are governors in the country who are putting their “political interests” ahead of public health in getting their citizens vaccinated. But the official did not rule out a stricter mandate on federal workers that goes beyond the announcement Biden made last week that federal employees must attest to being vaccinated or …

Mitch McConnell reflects on childhood case of polio in ad urging Kentuckians to take ‘miracle’ vaccine
3 years, 5 months ago

Mitch McConnell reflects on childhood case of polio in ad urging Kentuckians to take ‘miracle’ vaccine

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell is recalling his own experience …

Biden says US will ‘in all probability’ see more guidelines and restrictions amid rising Covid cases
3 years, 5 months ago

Biden says US will ‘in all probability’ see more guidelines and restrictions amid rising Covid cases

CNN  

CNN — President Joe Biden said Friday the US will, “in all probability,” see more guidelines and restrictions amid rising coronavirus cases and the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant. Pressed Friday on whether the US is headed for more lockdowns amid rising cases, White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters, “The way we see this is …

‘That time has passed’: Arkansas doctor reveals anguish of telling dying Covid patients it’s too late for vaccine
3 years, 5 months ago

‘That time has passed’: Arkansas doctor reveals anguish of telling dying Covid patients it’s too late for vaccine

The Independent  

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Conservative media offers mixed messages on COVID-19 vaccine
3 years, 5 months ago

Conservative media offers mixed messages on COVID-19 vaccine

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Two recent exchanges in recent days on Fox News Channel’s popular morning show, “Fox …

More GOP lawmakers embrace vaccine but still aren’t calling out misinformation about it
3 years, 5 months ago

More GOP lawmakers embrace vaccine but still aren’t calling out misinformation about it

CNN  

CNN — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says he’s “perplexed” why so many people in the country still aren’t vaccinated. Buddy Carter, a pharmacist and member of the House GOP Doctors Caucus, said on CNN that fellow Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene – whose Twitter account was recently suspended for vaccine misinformation – has “every right” to her opinion, …

Conservative media offers mixed messages on COVID-19 vaccine
3 years, 5 months ago

Conservative media offers mixed messages on COVID-19 vaccine

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — When Dr. Alexa Mieses Malchuk talks to patients about the COVID-19 vaccine, she tries to feel out where they get their information from. Two recent exchanges in recent days on Fox News Channel’s popular morning show, “Fox & Friends,” illustrated the mixed messaging. “That’s a good reason.” Doocy, arguably Fox’s most influential figure arguing in favor of …

Biden grappling with ‘pandemic of the unvaccinated’
3 years, 5 months ago

Biden grappling with ‘pandemic of the unvaccinated’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Two weeks after celebrating America’s near “independence” from the coronavirus, President Joe Biden is confronting the worrying reality of rising cases and deaths — and the limitations of his ability to combat the persistent vaccine hesitance responsible for the summer backslide. “Look, the only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated,” Biden said Friday, echoing comments made earlier …

Biden grapples with a ‘pandemic of unvaccinated’
3 years, 5 months ago

Biden grapples with a ‘pandemic of unvaccinated’

The Hindu  

Two weeks after celebrating America’s near “independence” from the coronavirus, President Joe Biden is confronting the worrying reality of rising cases and deaths — and the limitations of his ability to combat persistent vaccine hesitancy. Cases of COVID-19 have tripled over the past three weeks, and hospitalisations and deaths are rising among unvaccinated people. Just four states with low vaccination …

‘They’re killing people’: Biden blames social media for COVID-19 vaccine misinformation
3 years, 5 months ago

‘They’re killing people’: Biden blames social media for COVID-19 vaccine misinformation

LA Times  

President Biden targeted social media platforms like Facebook on Friday for allowing the spread of misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, as many Americans’ resistance to getting the shots has left wide swaths of the country vulnerable to the more contagious Delta variant. President Biden said Friday that misinformation on social media about COVID-19 vaccines was “killing people.” Unlike the increase in …

Vivek Murthy, US Surgeon General, warns of dangers of misinformation amid misleading vaccine claims
3 years, 5 months ago

Vivek Murthy, US Surgeon General, warns of dangers of misinformation amid misleading vaccine claims

CNN  

CNN — US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy warned Thursday health misinformation is “a serious threat to public health,” as administration officials grow increasingly concerned about misleading claims about coronavirus vaccines, leading to a confrontation with social media giant Facebook. “All of us have to ask how we can be more accountable and responsible for the information that we share,” …

Fox News Hammered With How Its Vaccine Coverage Will Go Down In History
3 years, 5 months ago

Fox News Hammered With How Its Vaccine Coverage Will Go Down In History

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING CNN “New Day” anchors Brianna Keilar and John Berman hammered home the same point over and over on Wednesday — that 99% of people who are now dying from COVID-19 in the United States are unvaccinated. “Millions of Americans are seeing this nonsensical, nonscientific propaganda instead of this,” said Berman, cutting to a public service announcement from …

Analysis: Politics is causing needless deaths in the fight against Covid-19
3 years, 5 months ago

Analysis: Politics is causing needless deaths in the fight against Covid-19

CNN  

CNN — In what is now a pandemic of the unvaccinated, almost every adult American can make a choice not to die a needless death from Covid-19. “That’s part of how we protect patients from infection and patients coming into hospitals are often vulnerable,” Murthy told CNN’s “New Day.” “I think that’s a very reasonable thing for hospitals to do.” …

Mitch McConnell ‘Perplexed’ By COVID-19 Vaccine Resistance His Own Party Is Pushing
3 years, 5 months ago

Mitch McConnell ‘Perplexed’ By COVID-19 Vaccine Resistance His Own Party Is Pushing

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell again urged Americans to get vaccinated to protect themselves and their loved ones from the deadly COVID-19 virus as the pace of vaccinations slows across the country. Everyone who knows the subject says that if you get the disease, chances are pretty good you’re not going to die from it if you …

‘Absolute insanity’: Fauci and GOP lawmaker condemn Covid conspiracy theories as CPAC crowd cheers low vaccine rates
3 years, 5 months ago

‘Absolute insanity’: Fauci and GOP lawmaker condemn Covid conspiracy theories as CPAC crowd cheers low vaccine rates

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. On the second day of the conference on 10 July, a writer who has …

Biden administration falls short of July 4 COVID-19 vaccination goal
3 years, 6 months ago

Biden administration falls short of July 4 COVID-19 vaccination goal

India TV News  

The Biden administration has fallen short of the July 4 COVID vaccination goal to have 70 per cent of Americans at least partially vaccinated. Citing the CDC data, Fox News reported that 67 per cent of adults in the country had received at least one vaccination shot as of Saturday. In terms of total numbers, that amounts to just under …

VP Harris in South Carolina to push COVID vaccination drive
3 years, 6 months ago

VP Harris in South Carolina to push COVID vaccination drive

Associated Press  

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Vice President Kamala Harris visited South Carolina on Monday to kick off a nationwide push to vaccinate millions more Americans against the coronavirus as July 4 holiday celebrations loom. “And for that reason alone, Americans are going to keep getting vaccinated.” The vice president’s visit also coincides with the state’s “COVID-19 Vaccine Action Week.” South Carolina health …

Spreading Vaccine Fears, And Cashing In
3 years, 7 months ago

Spreading Vaccine Fears, And Cashing In

Huff Post  

Adam Niklewicz for Center for Public Integrity This story is from the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit, nonpartisan investigative media organization in Washington, D.C. Heather Simpson never thought to question vaccines. “We’ve reached millions, but we want to reach billions, because everybody deserves the truth.” Sources Of Misinformation The vaccine-skeptical corners of the internet promote the same names again …

A Run-In With An Unvaccinated Woman Has Me Rethinking How We Can End The Pandemic
3 years, 7 months ago

A Run-In With An Unvaccinated Woman Has Me Rethinking How We Can End The Pandemic

Huff Post  

"There is a whole group of people who genuinely do not understand the danger presented by COVID and the protection that comes with a free vaccination," the author writes. so, yeah, I’m definitely one of those people!” She didn’t miss a beat: “I take my vitamins, so I don’t need to worry about COVID.” It’s a sad sign of the …

Biden unveils effort to get more Americans vaccinated by July 4
3 years, 7 months ago

Biden unveils effort to get more Americans vaccinated by July 4

Al Jazeera  

US President Joe Biden wants to get 70 percent of Americans vaccinated against COVID-19 for ‘summer of freedom’. “A summer of freedom, a summer of joy, a summer of get-togethers and celebration – an all-American summer that this country deserves after a long, long, dark winter that we have all endured.” While nearly 52 percent of the US adult population …

'Vaccine most potent shield', AIIMS chief Randeep Guleria rubbishes rumours over Covid shots | Exclusive
3 years, 7 months ago

'Vaccine most potent shield', AIIMS chief Randeep Guleria rubbishes rumours over Covid shots | Exclusive

India TV News  

I don't think the third wave will be as deadly as the second wave. The need is to follow Covid protocol and vaccinate as many people as we can, said AIIMS chief Dr. Randeep Guleria. Speaking in Aaj Ki Baat with Rajat Sharma, Editor-In-Chief and Chairman, India TV, Dr Guleria also rubbished all rumours surrounding Covid vaccine amid reports of …

Covid: Congressional Democrats have 100% vaccination rate
3 years, 7 months ago

Covid: Congressional Democrats have 100% vaccination rate

CNN  

Washington CNN — Democratic lawmakers in both chambers of Congress have a 100% vaccination rate against Covid-19, a CNN survey of Capitol Hill found this week, significantly outpacing Republicans in the House and Senate and illustrating the partisan divide over the pandemic. On the Republican side, 46 of 50 senators report being vaccinated, while two won’t publicly announce their vaccine …

‘No doubt’ US has undercounted its Covid-19 deaths: Anthony Fauci
3 years, 8 months ago

‘No doubt’ US has undercounted its Covid-19 deaths: Anthony Fauci

Hindustan Times  

There’s “no doubt” the U.S. has undercounted its number of deaths from Covid-19, which now stand at over 581,000, President Joe Biden’s top medical adviser said. But Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that a University of Washington analysis published May 6 that the true toll is probably …

Trump calls himself ‘father of the vaccine’ and claims he deserves credit for coronavirus shots
3 years, 8 months ago

Trump calls himself ‘father of the vaccine’ and claims he deserves credit for coronavirus shots

The Independent  

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Biden’s coronavirus success threatened by political divisions he pledged to heal
3 years, 8 months ago

Biden’s coronavirus success threatened by political divisions he pledged to heal

LA Times  

Since President Biden took office, he’s talked about two goals more than any others — ending the COVID-19 pandemic to ignite a jobs boom, and uniting a politically divided country. “Vaccines can save your own life, but they can also save your grandmother’s life, your co-worker’s life, the grocery store clerk, or the delivery person helping you and your neighbors …

Trump’s close advisers urge him to make PSA to persuade his followers to get the Covid-19 vaccine
3 years, 8 months ago

Trump’s close advisers urge him to make PSA to persuade his followers to get the Covid-19 vaccine

CNN  

CNN — With polls showing that about half of Republicans are unenthusiastic about getting a Covid-19 vaccine, some of former President Donald Trump’s advisers are encouraging him to make a public service announcement urging his followers to roll up their sleeves, according to two former senior Trump administration officials. “Vaccines are widely regarded as one of Trump’s greatest accomplishments, and …

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