Mayor Lightfoot testifies in front of Congress on how Chicago is overcoming vaccine hesitancy

ABC7 Chicago ^ | 11/10/2021 | Craig Wall

[simpson96]

CHICAGO (WLS) -- COVID-19 vaccination efforts in Chicago and across Illinois took center stage Wednesday afternoon as Congress looks for ways to get more shots in arms.

With the vaccine now being available for kids age 5 to 11, and with COVID cases ticking upward as we approach the holidays, there is renewed effort to get more people vaccinated.

"Nationwide more than 20% of all adults and children over the age of 12 have not yet received even one dose of vaccine," said Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Northwest suburbs.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Dr. Ngozi Ezike testified Wednesday before a congressional subcommittee about what has or has not worked to overcome vaccine hesitancy.

Lightfoot cited Chicago's hyperlocal efforts directed at communities where vaccination rates are low, including using ambassadors to go door-to-door to encourage people to get the shot.

"Right now, where we are, you really, there's no one-size-fits-all approach," Lightfoot said. "You've got to simply start the conversation by listening and really getting an understanding of what the particular person's hesitancy is."

[simpson96]

"You've got to simply start the conversation by listening and really getting an understanding of what the particular person's hesitancy is."

"..and then bring down the hammer."

[SkyDancer]

How? By letting people gun down other people so they don’t get the shot? (no pun intended).

[Spok]

Everyone who is shot gets a jab. And if they’re dead it’s a Wuhan fatality. A twofer!

[Yo-Yo]

Mayor Lightfoot testifies in front of Congress on how Chicago is overcoming vaccine hesitancy

One "shot" at a time...

[EEGator]

You can’t work, go to a game, or eat out.
Maybe I can live in the woods and eat mice…

[ifinnegan]

“Ambassadors”

Door to door.

[allendale]

Consider how debased this country has become when such bizarre creatures not only have power but testify before Congress and fools take them seriously.

[No_More_Harkin]

Ezike added that it's important for leaders to proactively combat vaccine misinformation. She said vaccine mandates also help. And when the leaders are trustworthy as theives? Then who do you trust?
Oh, I know, I was told I'm not an expert so I defer to one in all lifes questions. Should I get a shot that is showing serious side effects, questionable effectiveness, even though I was DIRECTLY EXPOSED to covid and did not catch it? Yes 'intimately' exposed through my girlfriend, and not one iota of synmptoms.

[Seruzawa]

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[Track9]

They’re distributing the vax in 9mm doses. Every week more get shot.

[roving]

[metmom]

Chicago needs to overcome it’s crime problem first.

[stars & stripes forever]

Nonstop Illinois government JAB ads on television since the Pandemic started. Lottery drawings, scholarships, free meals, vacations, gift certificates...

What is the big deal???

[NWFree]

They just wait for the non vaxxed to end up shot and dead 💀

Problem solved 🤪

[ealgeone]

Vaccine hesitancy is the least of her problems.

[beethovenfan]

What about the weekly MURDERS, Light-in the loafers??

[cgbg]

It is not “vaccine hesitancy”.

It is “vaccine hostility”.

She is trying to earrings on the vaccine pig.

[euram]

she could honestly say that Chicago has a higher rate of people getting shots than anywhere else.

[M Kehoe]

Great Lightfoot, now what about the murder rate?

5.56mm