'Because of what they heard from politicians and TV 'experts,' many Americans were scared the vaccines were not safe,' she wrote in an op-ed.
hurt public confidence in COVID-19 vaccinations by criticizing the Trump administration's rollout of the shots.op-ed, Huckabee Sanders, who is now campaigning to be governor of Arkansas, noted that when the Trump administration announced in May 2020 that vaccines would be available in December—at the latest—"the 'expert' class tried to undermine those statements with baseless fear-mongering.
"We all know what happened after the first vaccines were announced on Nov. 9, right after the presidential election. Scientists quickly began to praise the results of Operation Warp Speed, but by then the damage was already done. Because of what they heard from politicians and TV 'experts,' many Americans were scared the vaccines were not safe," she added.
Only 36 percent of Arkansas residents are fully vaccinated. In an interview on Sunday the state's Republican governor, Asa Hutchinson, said the state's conservative leanings account for why fewer people there are getting the vaccine. "Sometimes conservatives are hesitant about the government, and we've just got to counteract that by getting better information to them, building confidence," Hutchinson
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