What If the Vaccine Came to You?

Chasing Life

CNN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.5 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2021

⏱️ 9 minutes

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President Joe Biden recently announced that all American adults will be eligible for a Covid-19 vaccine by April 19, but expanding eligibility does not necessarily guarantee access. How do we provide vaccines to people who can’t make it to a doctor’s office, pharmacy or state-run vaccine site? CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta looks at the mobile vaccine sites being set up by Sean Penn’s non-profit, CORE. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	So what's your name?
0:02.6	Eric.
0:03.6	This is your first time Eric?
0:05.6	Yeah.
0:06.6	You know what?
0:08.6	It's easy.
0:10.1	Relax, relax, relax, relax that arm.
0:13.1	One, two, and three needles in.
0:14.9	See that?
0:15.9	The hardest part is those little back seams in.
0:18.3	Needles out.
0:19.3	Nice.
0:20.3	What bed is that?
0:21.3	I don't know.
0:22.3	Expecting to be the first.
0:23.3	By now, that's a pretty familiar scene.
0:27.2	Another person in the United States getting their COVID-19 shot, in this case, at a drive-through
0:32.1	site set up in Fulton County, Georgia.
0:35.2	At this point in the pandemic, there are many places you can go to get a vaccine, and
0:40.1	President Joe Biden announced just yesterday that all American adults will be eligible for
0:45.3	the vaccine on April 19th, a change from his previous May 1st deadline.
0:51.5	This is great news for people 16 and over, but it's important to remember that expanded
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