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Mayor Lightfoot testifies in front of Congress on how Chicago is overcoming vaccine hesitancy
ABC7 Chicago ^
| 11/10/2021
| Craig Wall
Posted on 11/12/2021 9:24:45 AM PST by 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."
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"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."
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posted on
11/12/2021 9:24:45 AM PST
by
simpson96
To: simpson96
How? By letting people gun down other people so they don’t get the shot? (no pun intended).
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posted on
11/12/2021 9:27:45 AM PST
by
SkyDancer
(Let's Go Brandon!)
To: simpson96
Everyone who is shot gets a jab. And if they’re dead it’s a Wuhan fatality. A twofer!
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posted on
11/12/2021 9:28:09 AM PST
by
Spok
To: simpson96
Mayor Lightfoot testifies in front of Congress on how Chicago is overcoming vaccine hesitancy One "shot" at a time...
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posted on
11/12/2021 9:29:34 AM PST
by
Yo-Yo
(is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: simpson96
You can’t work, go to a game, or eat out.
Maybe I can live in the woods and eat mice…
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posted on
11/12/2021 9:30:28 AM PST
by
EEGator
To: simpson96
“Ambassadors”
Door to door.
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posted on
11/12/2021 9:33:43 AM PST
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: simpson96
Consider how debased this country has become when such bizarre creatures not only have power but testify before Congress and fools take them seriously.
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posted on
11/12/2021 9:35:04 AM PST
by
allendale
To: simpson96
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.
To: simpson96
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posted on
11/12/2021 9:36:57 AM PST
by
Seruzawa
("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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posted on
11/12/2021 9:42:17 AM PST
by
DJ MacWoW
(The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
To: simpson96
They’re distributing the vax in 9mm doses. Every week more get shot.
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posted on
11/12/2021 9:45:38 AM PST
by
Track9
(Agamemnon came home to a HRC type party. )
To: simpson96
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posted on
11/12/2021 9:51:04 AM PST
by
roving
To: simpson96
Chicago needs to overcome it’s crime problem first.
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posted on
11/12/2021 9:51:41 AM PST
by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith)
To: simpson96
Nonstop Illinois government JAB ads on television since the Pandemic started. Lottery drawings, scholarships, free meals, vacations, gift certificates...
What is the big deal???
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posted on
11/12/2021 10:21:58 AM PST
by
stars & stripes forever
(Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. (Psalm 33:12))
To: simpson96
They just wait for the non vaxxed to end up shot and dead 💀
Problem solved 🤪
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posted on
11/12/2021 10:54:24 AM PST
by
NWFree
(Somebody has to say it)
To: simpson96
Vaccine hesitancy is the least of her problems.
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posted on
11/12/2021 10:58:25 AM PST
by
ealgeone
To: simpson96
What about the weekly MURDERS, Light-in the loafers??
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posted on
11/12/2021 11:13:39 AM PST
by
beethovenfan
(Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
To: ealgeone
It is not “vaccine hesitancy”.
It is “vaccine hostility”.
She is trying to earrings on the vaccine pig.
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posted on
11/12/2021 11:16:18 AM PST
by
cgbg
(A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
To: simpson96
she could honestly say that Chicago has a higher rate of people getting shots than anywhere else.
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posted on
11/12/2021 11:45:46 AM PST
by
euram
To: simpson96
Great Lightfoot, now what about the murder rate?
5.56mm
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posted on
11/12/2021 11:47:19 AM PST
by
M Kehoe
(Quid Pro Joe and the Ho need to go.)
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