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SOLEDAD: THE HIGHLY-CONTAGIOUS DELTA VARIANT IS TAKING HOLDN I THE U.S. THE RISE IN CASEANS HOSPITALIZATIONS, AND THE RETURN TO MASKING AND TESNGTI PROTOCOLS, HAS AMERICANS WORRYING ABOUT WHAT’S NEXT. IT’S BEEN SIX MONTHS SIENC VICOD-19 VACCINES STARTED ROLLING OUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. YET, THERE IS GROWING EVIDCEEN THAT VACCINE HESITANCY IS HARDENING AND MAY BE GIVING YWA TO VACCINE REFUSAL. A RECENT ’WASHINGTON POST’-ABC NEWS POLL FOUND THAT 29%F O AMERICANS SAY THEY ARE UNLIKELY GTOET VACCINATED. THAT’S UP FROM 24% JUST THREE MONTHSGO. A DR. BRIAN CASTRUCCI IS THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THEE D BEAUMONT FOUNDATION AND A LEADING VOICE ON PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES SOLEDAD: BRIAN CASTRUCCI, ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE YOU BACK. YOU HAVE BEEN STUDYING VACCINE HESITANCY, AND I’M WONDERING WHERE YOARU E SEEING THAT THE MOST ACROSS THE UNITED STATES RI GHT NOW. DR. CASTRUCCI: WE’RE SEEING IT MOSTLY AMONG REPUBLICANSND A CONSERVATIVES, AND THAT’S WHY WHILE WE HAVE 50% THE POPULATION VACCINATED, IN MESO STATES, IT’S STILL LESS THAN 40%. SOLEDAD: THERE ARE STILL PLACES, THOUGH, TH SATTRUGGLE WITH ACCESS TO THE VACCINES, ISN’T THAT RIGHT? DR. CASTRUCCI: IT IS. AND WE NEED TO REALLY CHANGE OUR ACCESS PLAN. LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTSAV HE BEEN DOING A WONDERFUL JOB HUSTLI.NG WE NEED VACCINE HUSERTL THE SOUTHERN NEVADA HEALTH DISTRICT JUST DID THE MOST LAS VEGAS THING AND HAD A POP-UP VACCINATION CLINIC AT A RISTP CLUB. SO, YOU HAVE TO GO AND MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE. IF YOU’RE AT THE BEACH,A D POP-UP CLINIC AT THE BEACH. WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING WE N TO MAKE GETTING THE VACCINE THE EASIEST THING FOR PEOPLE TO DO SOLEDAD: IN NEW YORK, WE VEHA OPENED OUR VACCINATIONS TO 12-YEAR-OLDS. WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM PANTRES WHO, OF COURSE, WOULD BE THE ONES WHO DETERMINE IF THEIR KIDS ARE GOING TO GET VACCINATED OR NOT? DR. CASTRUCCI: THE KAISEFAR MILY FOUNDATION FOUND THAT 30OF% PARENTS ARE READY TO GET THEIR KIDS VACCINATED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THAT MEANS WE HAVE 70% THAART THINKING ABOUT IT, WAITING AND SEEING. AND SO, WE NEED TTORY TO LEVERAGE SCHOOL REOPENING AS A WAY TO GET MORE KIDS VACCINATED. SOLEDAD: DO YOU SEE MORE SCHOOL DISTRICTS SAYING, WE CAN GET BACK TO NORMAL IF WE ALL GET VACCINATED? .DR CASTRUCCI: WE ARE ALL GETTING A QUICK EDUCATION INHE T 10TH AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION, RECOGNIZING THAT THESE ARE LOCAL OR STATE DECISIONS. SO, THIS IS GOING TO BE PLAYING OUT IN LOCALCH SOOL DISTRICTS, COUNTIES, STATES, THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. THERE’S ALSO A FORTHCOMING OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE IT IS LIKELY THAT THE VACCINE WILL GO FROM EXPERIMENTAL USE TO FULL AUTHORIZATION AND DATA THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO HAS SHOWN THAT THAT WILL HELP PEOPLE BE MORE CONFIDENT IN THE VAC