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Show Transcript KILLIAN WVTM 13. CARLA: THANK YOU. OUR TIME RIGHT NOW IS 5:05, TWO BUSINESSMEN IN SEATTLE ARE LAUNCHING A NEW EFFORT TO SUPPORT THPUE SH TO HERD IMMUNITY. IT’S CALLED VAC-SEEN. THE COMPANY IS MAKING BRACELETS SIMILAR TO THE OLD LIVE STRONG BRACELETS YOU WOULD SEE PEOPLE WEAR AROUND. THEY HAVE SAYINGS ON THEM LIKE COVID-19 VACCINATED. BAND TETOGHER AND I CAN GIVE HUGS. CAN YOU? THEY’VE SOLD MORE THAN 3500 IN ALABA.AM VACCINATION INHERENTLY GOES INTO YOUR ARM, AND THERE ’ REALLY NO WAY TO TELL THATOM S THAT SOMEBODY HAS MADE THAT CHOICE. SO THIISS ABOUT MAKING IT VISIBLE. CARLA: THE BRACELETS ARE 2.50 A PIECE OVER AT VACSEEN. ORG, A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS SUPPORTS THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION’S PAND
VacSeen is a campaign to raise awareness and encourage adoption of COVID-19 vaccines.
VacSeen encourages people to receive a vaccine and to wear a wristband to signal that a person has been vaccinated.
The campaign was started by one current and one former Microsoft employee.
One current and one former Microsoft employee have come together to create a startup to promote vaccination from COVID-19. The campaign is called VacSeen, and it encourages people to receive a vaccine and to wear a wristband to signify that they have been vaccinated. After an initial 30-day startup campaign on Kickstarter to create bands and generate awareness, 50 percent of the proceeds from VacSeen will be donated to the United nation s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for WHO.
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Glens Falls High School graduate Ian Mikutel co-founded VacSeen, a grassroots organization that aims to boost the public s confidence in the coronavirus vaccines with a light blue wristband that signifies an individual has been inoculated against the virus. Provided photo
Ian Mikutel is on a mission to build confidence about the coronavirus vaccines one wrist at a time.
A product of Glens Falls High School, Mikutel earlier this month co-founded VacSeen, a grassroots organization that aims to boost the publicâs confidence in the coronavirus vaccines with a light blue wristband that signifies an individual has been inoculated against the virus.