The White House is set to unveil a wide-reaching, billion-dollar campaign aimed at convincing...

[DonViejo]

The White House is set to unveil a wide-reaching, billion-dollar campaign aimed at convincing every American to get vaccinated


By Lev Facher March 15, 2021

WASHINGTON — The White House will soon unveil a wide-reaching public relations campaign aimed at boosting vaccine confidence and uptake across the U.S., Biden administration aides told STAT.

This television, radio, and digital advertising blitz, set to kick off within weeks, will focus on Americans outright skeptical of vaccines’ safety or effectiveness as well as those who are potentially more willing to seek a Covid-19 immunization but don’t yet know where, when, or how. Specifically, the campaign will target three groups in which access, apathy, or outright skepticism may pose a barrier to vaccinations: young people, people of color, and conservatives, according to a Biden aide. Congress and the administration have set aside over $1.5 billion for the effort.

The effort highlights a looming and underappreciated public health challenge: Though millions of Americans are currently clamoring to receive a Covid-19 vaccine, in a few short months, or even weeks, the opposite may be true. Instead of scrambling to manufacture doses, the government may soon be scrambling to find arms willing to receive them.

While the administration Covid response advisers organizing the effort are broadly optimistic, they and many public health experts fear that without winning buy-in from a critical, final slice of the population, the effort could fall short of its goal: effectively ending the country’s coronavirus crisis.

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[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. The sooner we get vaccinated, the sooner we can get back to normal.

Those who refuse, it is your funeral and that of those exposed.

[Pantagruel]

2. Wife got 2nd shot

at FEMA site yesterday. Probably only 25% as busy as when she got shot #1.
Wondering if it's scheduling issues or lack of interest?