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Harris allegedly pushed Biden’s coronavirus team to focus on overlooked communities
After Vice President Kamala Harris received her second dose of COVID-19 vaccine in a television event at the National Institutes of Health in January, Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) lit up with calls from voters who were ‘curious’. about to be vaccinated herself, she told The New York Times. As Beatty explained, people “gave hope and taught people to watch a black woman receive the vaccine.” The Americans are almost three times more likely to die from the coronavirus, the Times says, but it is much less likely to be vaccinated, mainly due to a lack of access, but some experts have also pointed this out as a result of the long-standing caution about government-driven health programs. Harris seems to have alleviated some of the concerns with her public vaccination, and she also allegedly pressured President Biden and his advisers privately to focus on how their policies would ensure that less privileged people are protected in urban and rural areas. against the virus. “The vice president pushed us hard in a very good way,” Jeffrey Zients, response coordinator for Biden’s coronavirus, told the Times. “She urged me, ‘Where are we in mobile vaccination units? How many are we going to have, in what period? Are they going to be able to reach rural communities and urban communities? How much progress have you made?’ Read more about Harris’ role in the Biden government so far at The New York Times. More stories from theweek.com Senator Ivanka? 5 striking cartoons about GOP’s Marjorie Taylor Greene issue ‘Explosive’ Woody Allen documentary featuring video report by 7-year-old Dylan Farrow to debut on HBO