– In order to induce more African Americans to vaccinate, there should be special vaccination offers in hair and beauty salons run by blacks.
– Vice President Kamala Harris and other senior members of the government plan to travel across the country to promote vaccination.
– The beverage company Anheuser-Busch wants to give vaccinated people a beer on July 4th under certain conditions if the 70 percent vaccination target issued by Biden is reached on Independence Day. Biden said of the action: “Get vaccinated and have a beer.”
– The supermarket chain Kroger is giving away one million dollars each to five people who get vaccinated in pharmacies in their shops. Ten other vaccinated people can shop for free in the chain’s stores for a year.
– Biden said Major League Baseball will be offering free tickets to fans who get vaccinated at the stadium. Vaccination offers are available on the fringes of games in the professional basketball league NBA and the professional ice hockey league NHL as well as during races in the Nascar motorsport series.
In view of the vaccine skepticism widespread, especially among Republicans, Democrat Biden said of himself and his deputy Harris: “We were elected to be President and Vice-President of all Americans. And I don’t want the country that is already divided into one is being split in a new way – between places where people live free from fear of Covid and places where death and serious illness will return with autumn. “
Biden emphasized that vaccination had nothing to do with party preference. The first emergency vaccine approvals were made under his Republican predecessor Donald Trump. “Every American over the age of twelve – no matter where you live, what you believe, who you choose – has the right to be vaccinated. It is your choice.”
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