Obama, Bush and Clinton get vaccinated against COVID-19 on camera to prove vaccine is safe

Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton will receive the COVID-19 vaccine with the camera on to boost public confidence in the safety of the vaccine after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves the vaccine. Writes about it CNN.

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The three presidents hope that an information campaign to increase confidence in the vaccine's safety and effectiveness will send a powerful signal as US health officials try to convince the public to accept the vaccine.

Freddie Ford, the Bush chief of staff, said the 43rd president had reached out to Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a leading national expert on infectious diseases, and Dr. Deborah Birx, White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator, to find out how it can help promote the vaccine.

“A few weeks ago, President Bush asked me to let Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx know that when the time comes, he wants to do everything possible to help his fellow citizens get vaccinated,” Ford said. “First, vaccines must be considered safe and administered to priority groups of the population. "President Bush will then get in line for his vaccine and happily do so on camera."

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A Clinton spokesman said Wednesday, December 2, that in order to popularize the vaccine, he is also willing to accept it openly, in front of the entire public.

“President Clinton will be sure to get vaccinated as soon as it becomes available to him, based on the priorities determined by public health officials. And he will do it in a public place if it helps convince all Americans to do the same,” Angel Urena said.

Obama said that if Fauci considers the coronavirus vaccine safe, then he believes him.

“I have complete confidence in the people I know and have worked with of the caliber of Anthony Fauci,” Obama said. “So, if Anthony Fauci tells me that this vaccine is safe and I can take the vaccine, I will take it.”

“I may end up putting it on TV or making a movie to let people know that I trust this vaccine,” he added.

The 39th President Jimmy Carter Foundation said in a statement that he and his wife are supporting the vaccination efforts.

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"The 39th President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, and his wife, Rosalynn, said they fully support COVID-19 vaccination efforts and encourage everyone who is eligible to get vaccinated when it becomes available," the Carter Center said in a statement Wednesday. December 2, on Twitter.

The Bushes have a history of teaming up with other presidents to advance important ideas. Bush's father and mother, 41st President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush took off on a commercial flight a few days after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks to once again boost public confidence in flying. George H.W. Bush and Clinton have worked together to raise funds for areas affected by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, as well as other charitable causes in the years since their presidencies.

Obama is now also seeking to use his post-presidential position for a public awareness campaign.

During the interview, Obama appears to have acknowledged the very real issue of vaccine hesitancy, which some health experts fear could cause minorities, who are hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, not to get vaccinated.

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“We no longer have polio, the reason we don't have whole groups of children dying from measles, smallpox and diseases that previously destroyed entire populations and communities,” he said.

Previous studies have shown that minority communities have higher mortality rates from COVID-19, they are more vulnerable and most vulnerable in part due to pre-existing conditions.

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