The political stakes and the consequences for public health are considerable, said Larry Levitt, executive vice president of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a health policy group. “The Biden administration is going to need to bring red America and blue America together. A March 12 document listed actions Biden vowed to take “on Day One as president,” if Trump hadn’t done them first. In general, polls in past weeks have shown that Americans’ willingness to receive a coronavirus vaccine has risen since early fall but is lower than it was over the summer. Attitudes about important public health issues, research has shown, can be influenced by high-profile messengers with credibility among groups that identify with them.

Source: Washington Post December 15, 2020 13:01 UTC