White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki is holding a press session in the White House Brady Information Room in Washington, DC on April 12, 2021.
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The White House uses alternative methods to reach Americans who are reluctant to take a vaccine against Covid-19: NASCAR, CMT, the country music TV channel and programs like “Deadliest Catch,” the secretary said Monday White House press officer, Jen Psaki.
“We’ve run PSA in the ‘Deadliest Catch,’ we’re committed to NASCAR and country nusic TV. We’re looking for a number of creative ways to connect directly with white conservative communities,” Psaki said.
According to a recent Kaiser Health News poll, “Republicans and white evangelical Christians were the most likely to say they would not be vaccinated, nearly 30% of each group said they would” definitely “get no shot.”
A PBS / NPR Marist poll found that 49% of Republican men said they would not choose to get vaccinated if the shot was available, compared to 34% of Republican women who had the same opportunity.
And in 311 counties where at least 80 percent of voters voted for Donald Trump in the 2020 election, The Washington Post reports that the vaccination rate is 3 percent lower than the national average.
Last week, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Urged his fellow Republicans to get vaccinated, saying, “I’m a Republican man and I want to tell everyone we need to get this vaccine. These reservations must be set aside. “
The White House is approaching its updated target of 200 million gunshots during President Joe Biden’s first 100 days in office, just under three weeks away. But virus variants are spreading to many states, creating uncertainty and a rush to get more Americans immunized.