On Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris began her vaccination tour with departing Joint Based Andrews for Greenville, South Carolina arriving at Greenville-Spartanburg Regional Airport.
The tour which for the Vice President is a five state campaign, begins in South Carolina is part of the Administration's part of a national effort to vaccinate 70% of American adults by July 4th. First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff and Cabinet members will be making their way to states with some of the Nation's lowest vaccination rates like North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama and Louisiana. South Carolina joins them by having only fully vaccinated only 39% of its residents as of Monday morning, is also one of them.
2) She began the tour by speaking to people working at a COVID vaccination mobilization event held at the Phillis Wheatley Community Center and hosted by the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People(NAACP) Chapter in Greenville, South Carolina where she said the vaccine is safe, effective, and free.
The mobilization group is part of the effort to get those who still haven't gotten a shot their vaccine. She told the crowd that she understands the public's skepticism over the expedited development of the various COVID-19 Vaccines and explain that the research behind these where a results of many years of research into the various variants of the coronavirus.
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She also explained that being vaccinated is a form of community service. "This Act... is a projection of love thy neighbor," she added.
She also spoke about the other reasons as to why people are hesitating to getting administered their vaccines. "Part of the reason why people are hesitating to take their vaccines is because there are barriers that make it harder for people to access them," she said.
She spoke about the transportation barriers, and there are barriers that come from the lack of childcare and support experienced by parents, both before and after getting their shots.
3) Then she departed for the Caine Halter YMCA branch where she toured the five vaccination stations which were set up and managed by Walgreens.
Vice President Harris, who was accompanied by Walgreens CEO Rosalind Brewer and tour guide, Niki Pappos-Elledge, spoke to Lawanda Curry, a student from Greenville as she was getting the shot administered.
4) She also participated in a closed "listening session" to listen from local leaders about voting rights and registration
5) Before departing Greenville, she gaggle with the traveling press on the tarmac
