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BRIEFING ROOM
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, July 14, 2021
JULY 14, 2021
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PRESS BRIEFINGS
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room
Q And then on vaccinations, you’ve talked before about going county by county. What do — what does the administration think is driving some of the variation of vaccination rates between counties? Looking at Kansas and Missouri, for example: Missouri has more than 30 counties where there’s less than 25 percent of the population vaccinated; Kansas — right next door, culturally similar — only has 2 counties in that case. What accounts for variation between states, between counties? Is it local officials? Is it state officials?
MS. PSAKI: I can’t make a sweeping assessment of that. It’s different in county to county and in state to state. We also recognize, looking at the data, that there are portions of the population, demographics, including people under the age of 27, who have a much lower vaccination rate. Hence, we are quite focused on communicating directly with those people. Hence, our special guest today about why it’s important to get vaccinated, why these vaccines are safe, why they can still kill you even if you are under the age of 27.
We need to be clear and direct about our messaging. There is misinformation out there. Sometimes that’s traveling on platforms. Sometimes that’s traveling, unfortunately, out of the mouth of elected officials. So, it’s really case by case, but the most important thing we can do is not see this as a partisan issue because, certainly, the virus is killing people, whether they’re Democrats or Republicans.
If you’re vaccinated, you’re protected. 99.5 percent of people who are going to hospitals are not vaccinated. That’s a pretty clear statistic.
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