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SOLEDAD: IT’S MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, THE UNOFFICIAL STAROFT SUMMER. AND AFTER ALMOST 15 MONTHS OF PANDEMIC LOCKDOWNS, FAMILIES WILL GATHER FOR BEACH DAYS, COOKOUTS, PARK VISITS,ND A PARADES. THAT FREEDOM IS MADE POSSIBLE BY DECLINING COVID CASES, AND MORE PEOPLE GETTING VACCINATED. ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL, AT LEAST 25 STATES, PLUS THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, REPORT VACCINATING AT LEAST HALF OF THEIR ADULT RESIDENTS. NOW, EXPERTS SAY YOUNG AMERINSCA NEED TO GET THEIR SHOTS. THAT’S IF WE CAN OVERMECO VACCINE HESITANCY AMONG PARENTS AND KEEP THE VACCINATION EFFORTS FROM STALLING OUT. DR. BRIAN CASTRUCCI IS THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OFHE T BEAUMONT FOUNDATION AND A LEADING VOICE ON PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES. BRIAN CASTELLUCCI, ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE YOU BACK. YOU HAVE BEEN STUDYING VACCINE HESITANCY AND I’M WONDERING WHERE YOU ARE SEEING THAT THE MOST ACROSS THE UNITED STATES RIGHT NOW? >> WE’RE SEEING IT MOSTLY AMONG REPUBLICANS AND CONSERVATIVES, AND THAT’S WHY WHILE WE HAVE 50% OF THE POPULATION VACCINATED IN SOME STATES, IT’S STILL LESS THAN 40%. SOLEDA >> IT IS, AND WE NEED TO REALLY CHANGE OUR ACCESS PLAN, WE NEED LOCAL HETHAL DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN DOING A WONDERFUL JOB HUSTLING LIKE WE NEED VACCINE. HUSTLER’S LAS VEGAS, THE SOUTHERN NEVADA HEALTH DISTRICT JUST DID THE MOST LAVES GAS THING AND HAD A POP UP VACCINATION CLINIC AT A STRIP CLUB. SO YOU HAVE TO GO AND MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE. IF YOU’RE AT THE BEACH, DO A POP UP CLINIC AT THE BEACH. WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE GETTING THE VACCINE ETH EASIEST THING FOR PEOPLE TO DO. SOLEDAD: IN NEW YORK, WE’VE NOW OPENED OUR VACCINATIONS TO 12 YEAR OLDS, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM PARENTS WHO, OF COURSE, WOULD BE THE ONES WHO DETERMINE IFHE TIR KIDS ARE GOING TO GET VACCINATED OR NOT? >> THE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION FOUND THAT 30% OF PARENTS ARE READY TO GET THEIR KIDS VACCINATED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THAT MEANS WE HAVE 70% THAT ARE THINKING ABOUT WAITING AND SEEING. AND SO WE NEED TO TRY TO LEVERAGE SCHOOL REOPENING AS A WAY TO GET MORE KIDS VACCINATED. IF VACCINATION IS A PATH TO GET BACK TO SCHOOL WITHOUT MASKSND A WITHOUT DISTANCING, I THINK MORE PARENTS WOULD BE INTO IT. SOLEDAD: DO YOU SEE MORE SCHOOL DISTRICTS SAYING, HEY, LISN,TE WE CAN GET BACK TO NORMAL KIDS, GOT TO BE VACCINATED? >> WE ARE ALL GETTING A QUICK EDUCATION IN THE 10TH AMENENDMT TO THE CONSTITUTION, RECOGNIZING THAT THESE ARE LOCAL OR STATE DECISIONS. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE PLAYING OUT IN LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, COUNTIES, STATES THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. SOLEDAD: THERE’S ALSO A FORTHCOMING OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE IT IS LIKELY THAT THE VACCEIN WILL GO FROM EXPERIMENTAL USE TO FULL AUTHORIZATION AND DATA THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO IS SHOWN THAT THAT WILL HELP PEOPLE BE MORE CONFIDENT IN THE VACCI