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US Assistant Secretary for Health Dr. Rachel Levine discusses vaccine hesitancy, herd immunity, J&J vaccine
WGAL ^ | 20 April A.D. 2021 | Barbara Barr

Posted on 04/20/2021 7:50:27 PM PDT by lightman

Although more people are getting vaccinated, the nation’s assistant secretary of health says we still have a long way to go.

"This is a good place right now, but we now have to redouble our efforts," Dr. Rachel Levine said.

News 8 spoke with Levine for the first time since the former Pennsylvania health secretary took her new post in the Biden administration.

Levine said the increase in new cases and more contagious strains highlight the need to get vaccinated.

"We all need to work together to get the vaccinations and support each other," she said.

Levine said she got a shot a little more than two weeks ago.

"I received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. That should show my confidence in the vaccine," she said.

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel will decide Friday whether to lift the pause on the J&J (Janssen) vaccine. Use of the vaccine was suspended last week due to blood clot concerns.

When asked if she believed the J&J suspension is impacting Americans’ decision to get vaccinated, she said, "I think that this should reassure people about our dedication to safety because the monitoring systems that we have work."

Vaccine hesitancy is an issue. Data shows just over 50% of health care workers have chosen to get shots.

"Being the first, maybe they were hesitant because that was in December or in January, so now that there have been hundreds of millions of doses that have been administered, people can feel even more comfortable about their safety," she said.

Levine said she believes herd immunity will be achieved, although people may need boosters.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: covid1984; homosexualagenda; levine; linguisticgymnastics; lunatic; mentallyill; tranny; vaccine
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To: Toespi

He could open a bottle for Jerry Seinfeld


21 posted on 04/20/2021 8:15:14 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

He wouldn’t have this post without this charade.

Same excuse for putting Bruce Jenner on the cover of Vogue.


22 posted on 04/20/2021 8:19:21 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: T.B. Yoits

He was a pointer, but is now a setter.


    

23 posted on 04/20/2021 8:20:58 PM PDT by Songcraft
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To: lightman

I will not take medical advice from an individual who has no idea what gender it is.

My life is too valuable.


24 posted on 04/20/2021 8:22:44 PM PDT by puppypusher (The world is going to the dogs.)
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To: SaveFerris

Haha.


25 posted on 04/20/2021 8:26:26 PM PDT by Toespi
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To: lightman
Just in case none of you have not seen this one yet:


26 posted on 04/20/2021 8:31:35 PM PDT by Slyfox
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To: lightman
Then there is this one:


27 posted on 04/20/2021 8:33:18 PM PDT by Slyfox
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To: lightman

GROSS


28 posted on 04/20/2021 8:33:31 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (#LeaveTheGOP. Pass it on Liberty Valance Time. The point of a gun is the only law they understan)
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To: Songcraft

I once was in a bar that had the restrooms marked Pistols and Holsters.


29 posted on 04/20/2021 8:34:34 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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>> ... she said.

Anyone besides me have that WTF moment?


30 posted on 04/20/2021 8:44:35 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: lightman

She, she, she, she. They keep using that word. I don’t think it means what they think it means.


31 posted on 04/20/2021 8:58:34 PM PDT by Theo (FReeping since 1998 ... drain the swamp.)
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To: Slyfox

Wow, she is so hot! /I hope the sarcasm tag is really, really, really, really obvious

Excellent choice, Mr. Biden! /and yet again...


32 posted on 04/20/2021 9:16:01 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Slyfox

I don’t think the purse goes with the bows in the hair.

Though the bows in the hair are really a nice touch.

I think this person should dress that way for all public appearances with Joe Biden.

No, seriously, dress that way when appearing with Joe Biden in public.

The Russkies will be laughing so hard they won’t be able to push the “Launch” button on their missile consoles.


33 posted on 04/20/2021 9:19:35 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Slyfox

He’s just a perv who wants to dress up. No normal “woman” would wear that outfit.


34 posted on 04/20/2021 9:24:31 PM PDT by Trump_Triumphant ( Trump will always be my President, and Jesus Christ will always be my Lord)
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To: a fool in paradise

Why would anyone turn to a mentally ill person like that for health advice?

It makes no sense.


35 posted on 04/20/2021 9:25:18 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: old curmudgeon

If anyone knows about “herds”, it is Levine who looks like the head Buffalo at a stampede.


36 posted on 04/20/2021 9:53:42 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: BenLurkin

It makes no sense.
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Makes sense to me, the same ones who believe this degenerate is a woman are the same that believe the Covid flu is a deadly , killer virus....
Never mind it has a 99.8 percent survival rate.....America has been duped and played by Satan’s best.


37 posted on 04/20/2021 9:56:18 PM PDT by delta7
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To: a fool in paradise
Aw, you missed your period this month? Here ya go:

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38 posted on 04/20/2021 10:20:51 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: lightman

Bozette the Clown hasn’t aged well.


39 posted on 04/20/2021 10:25:12 PM PDT by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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To: lightman

I thought we got rid of the dickless wonder. Why is channel 8 interviewing Richard Levine? Don’t they know that PA pawned him off to DC so we don’t have to hear from him again and more importantly never see the eff’n genital mutulator’s face ever again?


40 posted on 04/20/2021 10:58:36 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” ― Thomas Jefferson)
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