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Public health scientists and officials shared information about ways to increase uptake of COVID-19 vaccines and reduce vaccine hesitancy, during a hearing of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology on Friday. The key focus included strategies to eliminate hassles; leverage effective, targeted messaging; and engage trusted communicators.
Committee chair Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) warned that vaccine hesitancy could delay the U.S. recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic: We simply cannot and will not bring this virus to an end unless we vaccinate a high percentage of the American population and in fact, the globe, she stressed.