The exclusive club of former presidents and first ladies has reunited with an important message: Get the COVID-19 vaccine. Former President Donald Trump and former First Lady Melania Trump are missing.
In the recently released advertising campaign “It’s Up To You”, former presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and former first ladies Rosalynn Carter, Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush and Michelle Obama, get the importance of Americans the vaccine as soon as they are eligible.
There are two ads in the new campaign. One shows the former presidents and first ladies receive their vaccines and the sharing of personal anecdotes, and another contains mr. Clinton, mr. Bush and Mr. Obama standing together in a direct address to the American people.
“Soon they will be available to everyone,” he said. Bush about the vaccine at the beginning of the first ad.
“This vaccine means hope,” he said. Obama next. “It will protect you and those you love from this dangerous and deadly disease.”
Mr. Clinton says he wants to go back to work, Mr. Obama discusses the fact that he was able to embrace Michelle’s mother and see her on her birthday, and Mr. Bush shares his excitement at attending Texas Rangers Stadium opening day – to full capacity.
“I am being vaccinated because we want this pandemic to end as soon as possible,” he said. Carter, though he does not appear on video.
The ad ends with images of the former presidents and first ladies receiving their shots, and concludes with a smiling photo of Mr. Carter holding his vaccine card.
In the second advertisement, Mr. Bush, mr. Clinton and Mr. Obama together at Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Ceremony. The three former presidents united in Arlington on January 20 in celebration of President Biden’s inauguration.
“The science is clear, these vaccines will protect you and those you love from this dangerous and deadly disease,” he said. Bush. “We therefore request that you be vaccinated when available.”
“They can save your life,” he added. Clinton by.
“This is the first step in ending the pandemic and moving our country forward,” he said. Obama. “It depends on you.”
Mr. Trump and his wife did not take part in the campaign. Both receive the coronavirus vaccine in January, but only revealed that they had been vaccinated until a few weeks after leaving the White House.
The public service announcements come just in time for the World Health Organization’s anniversary declare COVID-19 a global pandemic.
Reluctance to get the vaccine remains a critical issue in the US, as the Biden government will use its efforts to vaccinate 100 million Americans in the first hundred days of the presidency. Mr. Biden will a first primetime address to the country Thursday night to celebrate the anniversary of the pandemic.
According to Johns Hopkins University, more than 525,000 Americans have died from COVID-19.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 93.7 million doses of vaccine were administered as of Tuesday and 123.2 million shots were delivered. More than 32 million Americans have been fully vaccinated, and the United States now averages more than 2 million shots a day.
Permits for emergency use have so far been approved for the two-vaccine Pfizer / BioNTech and Modern vaccines and the single-dose Johnson & Johnson shot.