Here's how you can stay safe against contagious COVID-19 variants
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Updated: 8:15 AM CDT Apr 20, 2021
Katia Hetter, CNN
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Updated: 8:15 AM CDT Apr 20, 2021
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PUSH TO GET SHOTS IN MORE ARMS. BARBARA: 50% OF AMERICANS ARE NOW AT LEAST PARITALLY VACCINATED. DR. LEVINE: IT’S A GOOD PLACE, BUT WEVE GOT TO REDOUBLE OUR EFFORTS. BARBARA: I SPOKE WITH DR. RACHEL LEVINE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE SHE TOOK HER NEW POST IN THE BIDEN ADMINSTRATION. SHE TALKED ABOUT GETTING HER SHOT A LITTLE OVER TWO WEEKS AGO. DR. LEVINE: I RECEIVED THE J&J VACCINE. THAT SHOULD SHOW MY CONFIDENCE IN THE VACCINE. BARBARA: A CDC PANEL WILL DECIDE THIS FRIDAY WHETHER TO LIFT THE PAUSE ON THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE, WHICH HAS BEEN TEMPORARILY SHELVED DUE TO BLOOD CLOT CONCERNS. DO YOU BELEIVE THIS IS IMPACTING AMERICANS’ DECISON TO GET THE VACCINE? DR. LEVINE: I THINK THIS SHOULD REASSURE THEM ABOUT DEDICATION TO SAFETY BECAUSE THE MONITORING SYSTEMS WORK. BARBARA: HESITANCY IS AN ISSUE. APPOINTMENTS ARE AVAIABLE AT LANCASTER’S COMMUNITY VACCINATION SITE, AND DATA SHOWS ONLY A LITTLE OVER 50% OF HEALTH CARE WORKERS HAVE CHOSEN TO GET THE SHOTS. DR. LEVINE: BEING THE FIRST, MAYBE THERE WAS HESITANCY, BACK IN DECEMBER AND THERE MAYBE W