Planned Parenthood offers Biden help in campaign against coronavirus vaccine misinformation: 'It's all hands on deck.' businessinsider.com/planned-parent… by @leonardkl ($) @businessinsider
NEW: Planned Parenthood is in talks with the Biden administration's coronavirus task force to help stomp out misinformation about vaccines, Alexis McGill Johnson, the organization's president, told Insider on Thursday.
She said the organization started talking with President Joe Biden's coronavirus task force about the possibility before the November election. It would be a new portfolio for Planned Parenthood, which primarily focuses on reproductive healthcare.
"Part of what we hope to participate in would be eventually the vaccine rollout but really supporting the fight against the disinformation about the vaccine," McGill Johnson said in an interview with Insider.
McGill Johnson said her organization "as a trusted healthcare provider" can play a critical role within the communities it serves.
Tapping trusted community groups is a strategy that experts have told Insider should be part of an effective pandemic-fighting strategy.
Tapping trusted community groups is a strategy that experts have told Insider should be part of an effective pandemic-fighting strategy.
"We hope to be a partner and to be used however," McGill Johnson said. "I think it's all hands on deck."
About 65% of people in the US say they're willing to get the coronavirus vaccine. At least 80% of the country will need to be vaccinated if the pandemic is to come under control, according to Tony Fauci, the federal government's top infectious disease expert.
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