Fear of dying -- and just plain fear of missing out -- are powerful motivators for vaccine-hesitant Americans to get the Covid-19 vaccine, a US government analysis finds
After the US Food and Drug Administration granted full approval to Pfizer's shot in August, Pfizer vaccination rates did increase, but the uptick was modest and relatively short-lived."There weren't suddenly lines around the block," said Becca Siegel, senior adviser to the US Department of Health and Human Services' public education campaign.The US is turning a corner in its fight against Covid-19, Fauci says.
The fact that nothing so far -- not full approval, not overflowing hospitals, not 700,000 dead Americans -- has convinced tens of millions of Americans to get vaccinated is reason enough for mandates, some experts say.
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