I've been assuming the lack of a pr campaign by @JoeBiden Admin to push people to get the vaccine is based on the supply prob but that's still a bad policy: gov should be pushing a MASSIVE marketing campaign on this
The rejection rates in the first access groups are so high that I'd be interested in hearing if @VinGuptaMD has heard any worries that rejection rates among the lower levels might be too high???
Let me add to this. Yes, we do have a massive shortage problem right now. But that will change quickly, and I fear instead we will have a massive rejection rate problem. KIM: no time for error to beat the variants. Again, 1st access groups displaying high rejection rates & I bet
that rejection rates are driven by the year of having a PRESIDENT of the US & one of the nation's two parties lie to them about the virus. I see this every day. In fact, just yesterday on of my high school friends from that side had a friend who's kid fell ill w that post COVID
inflammatory disorder & her TL was full of: we didn't ever know he had the virus and thought the virus was no big deal. There is an additional amount of "hesitancy" involved here bc of hyperpartisnahip/polarization. We've never dealt w that before. I think they should be mindful.

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I see his argu.

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