State Senator Richard Pan Combats Vaccine Disinformation

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🗓️ 26 March 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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On Thursday, Governor Newsom announced that eligibility for the Covid-19 vaccine would open on April 1 to those aged 50 and up, and to those aged 16 and up on April 15. State Senator Richard Pan, who is also a pediatrician, has been laser focused on getting Californians vaccinated. We’ll talk to Pan about what this expansion in eligibility will mean for herd immunity, how to combat anti-vaccine proponents, and what lies ahead for the state’s battle against Covid-19. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:02.0	Coming up on forum, California will expand vaccine eligibility to people 50 and older beginning April 1st and to those 16 and older on April 15th.
1:12.1	But as vaccines become more widely available, how many Californians will sign up for shots?
1:17.8	We look at new figures on vaccine hesitancy.
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