Biden Team Hones Strategy to Win Public Trust in Covid Vaccine

Oct. 16, 2020, 3:53 PM UTC

Joe Biden’s allies say the Democratic presidential nominee’s priorities in office would be to respond to the pandemic and restore public trust, leveraging the government’s power and scientists’ expertise to roll out a Covid vaccine.

The current lack of trust in government threatens to undermine the success of the federal response to the pandemic. Americans’ willingness to be vaccinated against the virus fell 11 percentage points since July, a Gallup poll released Monday found. Just 50% of respondents said they would agree to be vaccinated right now.

Biden, speaking at a town hall Thursday, said President Donald Trump is spreading ...

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