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On today’s edition of Bring It On!, host Clarence Boone continues the conversation about COVID-19 with Penny Caudill, health administrator for the Monroe County Health Department and former “2021 – Bloomington Woman of the Year”, and Shelli Yoder, Indiana State Senator for District 40 and a former Miss Indiana and a Miss America 1993 contestant. Today’s focus is on COVID-19 vaccination rates and booster shots.
In trying to explain low vaccination and booster rates compared to other industrialized countries, the New York Times offers the following: “The United States has a vaccination problem. Moreover, it is not just about the relatively large share of Americans who have refused to get a shot. The U.S. also trails many other countries in the share of vaccinated people who have received a booster shot.
The vaccinated-but-unboosted more closely resemble the country as a whole. Millions of Americans have already received two vaccine shots — eagerly, in many cases — but have yet to receive a follow-up. The unboosted span racial groups. One answer is that medical care in the U.S. is notoriously fragmented nor equitably service all communities. There is neither a centralized record system, as in Taiwan, nor a universal insurance system, as in Canada and Scandinavia, to remind people to get another shot. Many Americans also do not have a regular contact point for their health care. As a result, preventive care — like a booster shot — often falls through the cracks.
Today’s host is Clarence Boone.
The show’s executive producer is Clarence Boone.
The assistant producer is William Hosea.
Our consultant and WFHB News Department Director is Kade Young.
The program engineer is Chantalle LaFontant.
The original theme music was created by Jamyl Efiom, with additional background tracks by David Baker.
