June will be a “national month of action,” President Biden said, with some pharmacies remaining open all night on Fridays to administer shots and childcare centers waiving fees for parents going for their vaccinations.
Details about which pharmacies would offer extended vaccination hours, an initiative clearly aimed at younger people, were not readily available. “If you’re too busy at work or school, you can get vaccinated around the clock,” Biden urged in Wednesday’s remarks.
Younger people, who are generally less vulnerable to the coronavirus but can still transmit it to others, have been less eager to get vaccinated than older Americans. In an effort to promote vaccination, beer-making giant Anheuser-Busch g that it would buy free beer for Americans of legal drinking age if Biden’s goal for Independence Day were met.“Get a shot and have a beer,” Biden quipped in discussing that giveaway, while also touting vaccine-related promotions by professional sports leagues.
The worry for the Biden administration and some public health officials is that complacency could set in, especially as life rapidlyThe ever more visible signs of normalcy could remove some of the urgency that has marked the first stages of the inoculation drive. “If you are unvaccinated, you are still at risk for getting seriously ill or dying,” the president warned, “or spreading disease to others.”
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