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False side effects among concerns of vaccine hesitant Americans; state vax rates reflect political divide

Tue, 2021-05-18 10:03 — mike kraft

Vaccine-hesitant Americans list false side effects among concerns: Coronavirus vaccine-hesitant Americans list multiple false or undocumented side effects — such as DNA alteration — among their reasons for not getting the shot, according to a recent Harris poll Olafimihan Oshin TheHill

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Biden administration leans on ‘Community Corps’ to help vaccinate the hard to reach

Mon, 2021-05-17 10:27 — mike kraft

PHILADELPHIA — Only a trickle of people had visited her community vaccination site seeking a first coronavirus shot last Monday when Dr. Ala Stanford, a local pediatric surgeon, seized on an unexpected opening.

Across the street from the church parking lot where she had set up shop, a funeral home was holding a trio of services, including one for a victim of Covid-19. She mocked up new fliers, then delivered them to the funeral home. By the afternoon, several workers and guests had crossed the street to get inoculated, including Justin Larkin, a funeral attendant who stuck out his arm for the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, then hustled back to his job.

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Covid vaccine poll: More than 60 percent of US Latinos worry about missing work to get vaccine

Sun, 2021-05-16 16:03 — mike kraft

More than 60 percent of US Latinos worry about missing work to get More than 60 percent of Latino Americans worry about missing work to get vaccinated for COVID-19, according to a poll from Kaiser Family Foundation Jordan Williams TheHill

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Masks: Some experts think policies are changing too fast, concerned about honor code .

Sun, 2021-05-16 12:30 — mike kraft

Mask policies across the US are rapidly changing. Here's what worries experts about that State leaders across the US announced they were dropping mask requirements for fully vaccinated residents. But the country may be moving too quickly and not focusing enough on the key part of CDC's guidelines, one expert told CNN. Christina Maxouris, CNN CNN

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Outreach workers hit the streets to encourage hesitators to get vaccinated change minds

Sat, 2021-05-15 12:36 — mike kraft

As vaccinations drop, outreach workers hit the streets to change minds Volunteers across the country are responding to people's fears, coaxing the hesitant and removing obstacles for those who want to get vaccinated. NBC News

DETROIT — Tanika Knighton knows how devastating Covid-19 can be: Her 62-year-old father died of the disease last spring, and she and her husband both got very sick last year.

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