The event, titled “Roll Up Your Sleeves” and hosted by singer Ciara and her NFL quarterback husband Russell Wilson, saw vaccines against Biden as “the most important thing you can do to protect yourself from Covid.” -19, including the new variants we offer I see “.
“If you’ve been completely vaccinated, thank you,” the president said. “If you plan to get vaccinated, be sure to follow it. Please.”
Part of its outreach will be targeted at specific districts, including black, Latino, and rural communities, through interviews with outlets such as the Rickey Smiley Morning Show, Telemundo, and All Ag News. There will also be a number of national media hits with doctors.
These are concerns about vaccine access and hesitation that appear largely about the U.S. coronavirus response.
As he appeared alongside former NBA stars Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal during the special, Obama said, “I want to make sure that our communities, especially African Americans, Latinos and young people, understand that that will save lives and allow people to get their lives back to normal. And the sooner more people are vaccinated, the better off we will be. “
Barkley responded by pointing out his excitement to receive his second dose of vaccine and said it is “important that we continue to talk about the vaccine.”
“That’s what I’m telling all my friends,” he continued. “Wow, man. Forget what happened that day. All blacks, please, go out to get vaccinated.”
“It didn’t cut corners. It didn’t sacrifice safety. It was just a reflection of extraordinary science,” Fauci said of how quickly vaccines were developed.
The common enemy, Fauci continued, “is the virus. Not each other. So what needs to be done is to put aside any kind of political difference, any kind of hostility you have and we think we need to come together. if we really want to go through this. “
The special also featured cameos from former First Lady Michelle Obama and a whole list of celebrities, including Sterling K. Brown, Lana Condor, Billy Crystal, Eric Dane, Ryan Eggold, Dr. Vin Gupta, Faith Hill, Jennifer Hudson, Dale Jarrett, Ken Jeong, Joe Jonas, Eva Longoria, Jennifer Lopez, Demi Lovato, Joel McHale, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Kumail Nanjiani, Ellen Pompeo, Amanda Seyfried, Jane Seymour and Wanda Sykes.
“Now is the time to take care of ourselves and others so that we can return to normalcy,” Biden said at the end of his statements.
“We can do this. We will do this. But don’t give up now.”
CNN’s Kate Sullivan and Arlette Saenz contributed to this report.