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Q The New York Times, last week, came out with a story that Mississippi was having a hard time getting folks vaccinated. But it’s not just Mississippi; it’s a bunch of other rural states — Ohio, Oklahoma. They’re at 34 percent vaccination rate.
Even so, opening up vaccines to out-of-staters — I know we talked a little bit about before —
MS. PSAKI: Yeah.
Q — the preliminary steps — but has the White House been in touch with these governors to see what they can do now? Because, of course, this impacts herd immunity and the goals of the White House just to get these shots in arms.
MS. PSAKI: Well, there are a number of steps that we’ve taken in the recent weeks, including launching the Community Corps, which is our program to provide fact-based messages into the hands of local messengers.
So we’ve now — we’re now working with more than 4,000 organizations that have signed up so far across the country, including in a number of the states that you mentioned.
We’re also investing $3 billion to states and community-based organizations to strengthen vaccine confidence in the highest-risk and hardest-hit communities. And often, people think of that as just Black and brown communities, and that is not. As you’ve noted, that is also conservative communities, white evangelicals. It’s a range of communities around the country.
What we’ve found to be most effective is to work with these local organizations — so, faith-based organizations, community health organizations, civic leaders, and others who can really get this message deeply in communities.
We’ve also had a number of our members of our COVID team, from Dr. Fauci and Fran- — and Dr. Collins — participate — as an example — participate in a range of media interviews. You know, an example is Dr. Collins participated in “The 700 Club.” Dr. Nunez-Smith hosted a faith leaders roundtable. We’re also looking for — we’ve run PSAs on “The Deadliest Catch.” We’re engaged with NASCAR and Country Music TV.
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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, April 12, 2021 | The White House
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:23 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hello, everyone. Okay, happy Monday. I know we have a busy afternoon for all of you, so we will try to get through as many questions as we can possibly get through. I just have two items for you at the top. This morning, the White…
Q The New York Times, last week, came out with a story that Mississippi was having a hard time getting folks vaccinated. But it’s not just Mississippi; it’s a bunch of other rural states — Ohio, Oklahoma. They’re at 34 percent vaccination rate.
Even so, opening up vaccines to out-of-staters — I know we talked a little bit about before —
MS. PSAKI: Yeah.
Q — the preliminary steps — but has the White House been in touch with these governors to see what they can do now? Because, of course, this impacts herd immunity and the goals of the White House just to get these shots in arms.
MS. PSAKI: Well, there are a number of steps that we’ve taken in the recent weeks, including launching the Community Corps, which is our program to provide fact-based messages into the hands of local messengers.
So we’ve now — we’re now working with more than 4,000 organizations that have signed up so far across the country, including in a number of the states that you mentioned.
We’re also investing $3 billion to states and community-based organizations to strengthen vaccine confidence in the highest-risk and hardest-hit communities. And often, people think of that as just Black and brown communities, and that is not. As you’ve noted, that is also conservative communities, white evangelicals. It’s a range of communities around the country.
What we’ve found to be most effective is to work with these local organizations — so, faith-based organizations, community health organizations, civic leaders, and others who can really get this message deeply in communities.
We’ve also had a number of our members of our COVID team, from Dr. Fauci and Fran- — and Dr. Collins — participate — as an example — participate in a range of media interviews. You know, an example is Dr. Collins participated in “The 700 Club.” Dr. Nunez-Smith hosted a faith leaders roundtable. We’re also looking for — we’ve run PSAs on “The Deadliest Catch.” We’re engaged with NASCAR and Country Music TV.
