“I cannot wait to tell the president. He’s going to love this”
Erwin also provided audio recordings of his calls with Caputo, who said to him, “If you and your colleagues are not essential workers, I don’t know what is.”The plan goal was to “defeat despair” and “inspire hope” with ads online, on TV, in podcasts, and on the radio. Erwin said he had found almost 100 Santas who volunteered to participate.
But Democrats believe the campaign was politically motivated. “We are concerned that the Trump Administration appears to be misusing taxpayer dollars to fund a political propaganda campaign—disguised as a public health effort—just weeks before a presidential election,” three Democratic members of Congress — Reps. James Clyburn , Carolyn Maloney and Raja Krishnamoorthi — wrote in a letter.
HHS Deputy Assistant Secretary Mark Weber denied the ads would be political, saying, “There is no room for political spin in the messages and materials designed by HHS to help Americans make informed decisions about the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 and flu.” He added that the campaign would “provide important public health, therapeutic and vaccine information as the country reopens, and give Americans information on the phases of reopening.
In addition to providing Santa Claus performers with the vaccine, the plan included running a series of public service announcements featuring actors and influencers to get the public to believe that the Covid-19 vaccine is safe. Currently, the public does not have much trust in a vaccine with nearly half of respondents to a
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