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Biden Team Slammed for Celebrity, Influencer Vaccine Push

Pop music star and Disney actress Olivia Rodrigo makes a brief statement to reporters at the beginning of the daily news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on July 14, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

By    |   Wednesday, 11 August 2021 07:13 AM EDT

As the Biden administration scrambles to convince vaccine-hesitant Americans to get inoculated against COVID-19, public health experts say there’s a better way to promote confidence in vaccines and encourage jabs than the current strategy, which appears to consist of "throwing things at the board to see what sticks."

In their bid to combat what the White House has dubbed the "pandemic of the unvaccinated," Biden and his team have stumbled with a far-from-cohesive approach that’s included everything from rewarding people with $100 to the most recent dud: producing a viral Tik Tok video with influencer Benny Drama playing "Kooper," a young, flamboyant intern for press secretary Jen Psaki.

Marisa Herman

Marisa Herman, a Newsmax senior reporter, focuses on major and investigative stories. A University of Florida graduate, she has more than a decade of experience as a reporter for newspapers, magazines, and websites.

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As the Biden administration scrambles to convince vaccine-hesitant Americans to get inoculated against COVID-19, public health experts say there's a better way to promote confidence...
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