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 Biden is trying to control a raging pandemic that has killed 550,000
Americans by obtaining enough vaccine for the country's 330 million
residents by May.
Yet, with a quarter of Americans reluctant to get vaccinated,
filling the country's vaccine shortage may not be enough.
Twenty-seven percent of Americans said they were not interested in
getting vaccinated, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll this month, a
figure that has not budged in months.
Vice President Kamala Harris and other administration officials will
hold an online event on Wednesday bringing together churches, native
tribal leaders, civil rights activists and sports leagues like Major
League Baseball, Major League Soccer, the National Football League
and NASCAR.
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 The organizations are founding
members of the administration's COVID-19
Community Corps, an effort to encourage people
to take vaccines from trusted sources.
The administration is also pumping $10 billion
to increase vaccine access in vulnerable
communities, including public outreach. They are
also launching a multi-million dollar
advertising campaign in English and Spanish to
urge people to seek information from the
government about the vaccines and get the shot
when they qualify.
Biden has set a goal of getting 200 million
vaccine shots in people's arms in his first 100
days in office.
(Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt; editing by
Stephen Coates)
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