We want to be educated, not indoctrinated, say Trump voters wary of covid shots
Dan Diamond, The Washington Post
March 15, 2021
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Be honest that scientists don t have all the answers. Tout the number of people who got the vaccines in trials. And don t show pro-vaccine ads with politicians - not even ones with Donald Trump.
That s what a focus group of vaccine-hesitant Trump voters insisted to politicians and pollsters this weekend, as public health leaders rush to win over the tens of millions of Republicans who say they don t plan to get a coronavirus shot. If those voters follow through, it would imperil efforts to achieve the high levels of immunity needed to stopthe virus s spread in the United States, experts fear.
Yo-Yo Ma plays a surprise concert for a clinic during his post-vaccination waiting period
Paulina Firozi, The Washington Post
March 15, 2021
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Yo-Yo Ma performs at a vaccination clinic at Berkshire Community College in Pittsfield, Mass., on March 13.Berkshire Community College
In an airy, sunny gymnasium on Saturday afternoon, under basketball hoops and banners, in front of people freshly pricked and waiting for minutes to pass, Yo-Yo Ma played a little Bach.
The world-renowned cellist had gone to the vaccination clinic at Berkshire Community College in Pittsfield, Mass., for his second coronavirus vaccine dose, according to clinic organizers. After getting his shot, he took a seat along a padded blue wall of the gym, near others waiting out their 15-minute post-vaccination observation time, and surprised them with a performance.
Trump should push supporters to get vaccine, Fauci says
Amy B Wang, The Washington Post
March 14, 2021
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President Donald Trump, with National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Athony Fauci by his side, declares a national emergency in response to the coronavirus pandemic on March 13, 2020.Washington Post photo by Jabin Botsford
WASHINGTON - Anthony Fauci, the nation s top infectious-disease expert, said in interviews Sunday that former president Donald Trump should be enlisted to encourage his supporters to get the coronavirus vaccine, after recent polling showed Republican men and Trump supporters have the highest rates of vaccine hesitancy.
An NPR/PBS News Hour/Marist poll released last week showed that nearly half of Republican men and 47% of those who supported Trump in the 2020 election said they would not choose to be vaccinated, even if the coronavirus vaccine was made available to them. Ten percent of supporters of President Joe