Latest On Boosters; 'Trusted Messengers' Lead Vaccine Outreach
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ποΈ 12 July 2021
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NPR's Maria Godoy reports on that kind of outreach in Maryland, one of just a handful of states where at least half of the Latino population is vaccinated.
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| 0:00.0 | In the US, something like 90 million adults are completely unvaccinated. |
| 0:05.6 | Some may never get a shot, but many others just haven't had time or need a little convincing. |
| 0:10.8 | And the strategy for reaching that group? |
| 0:12.9 | Now we need to go to community by community, neighborhood by neighborhood, and oftentimes |
| 0:17.7 | door to door, literally knocking on doors. |
| 0:20.2 | Last week, President Biden said there'd be an increased focus on vaccine outreach by |
| 0:24.4 | so-called trusted messengers, and that doesn't just mean going door to door. |
| 0:28.6 | It's more about meeting people where they are. |
| 0:30.6 | They're going to knock on your door. |
| 0:32.8 | They're going to demand that you take it. |
| 0:34.9 | It's unbelievable how offensive this administration is getting. |
| 0:38.9 | The idea of door to door outreach quickly became a talking point on Fox News and among conservative |
| 0:44.5 | politicians. |
| 0:45.5 | New from overnight, Missouri Governor Mike Parsons does not like the idea. |
| 0:49.1 | The federal workers going to homes, encouraging people to get a COVID-19 vaccine. |
| 0:53.2 | The Republican governor of Missouri? |
| 0:54.8 | Well, he was quick to say his state's health department would resist the strategy, which |
| 0:59.4 | the White House said is led by local communities. |
| 1:02.4 | And just for a snapshot of Missouri, cases there have more than tripled since May. |
| 1:07.6 | At least one hospital system in Springfield has warned it will soon be overwhelmed, and |
| 1:11.7 | another ran out of ventilators last week. |
| 1:14.6 | All of the life-saving equipment is in use right now at Mercy Hospital in Springfield. |
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