这已经成为拜登过渡团队的一句口头禅:“疫苗不能拯救生命，疫苗可以。”这个想法是对艰巨的任务在明年的国家和新政府面前。
一旦获得批准和制造，让这些镜头进入人们的怀抱将是一个后勤事业这么大很难理解。更让人安心说服人们对于当选总统乔·拜登和公共卫生官员来说，明年的另一个挑战是，在白宫换届后，在我们的政治中存在严重的不信任和错误信息，如何加入新疫苗的行列。
疫苗长期以来似乎过于政治化。同时总统唐纳德·特朗普他对疾病不屑一顾，对疫苗进行激光聚焦。他关于如何在选举日之前准备好疫苗的声明让著名的民主党人持怀疑和怀疑态度。
但是现在，疫苗的预期批准和推广的时间，在选举可以说颠覆了这一切的政治。数百万新疫苗可能会在明年春夏上市。在华盛顿，一些领导人担心拜登和他的政府是否能够在特朗普的国家推销科学。
凯撒家庭基金会负责卫生政策的执行副总裁拉里·莱维特告诉美国广播公司新闻，“我们经历了一个新冠肺炎疫苗如此政治化的时期，人们既困惑又犹豫就不足为奇了。”。
“在拜登政府的领导下，红色美国可能会突然对接种疫苗更加犹豫，尤其是对于一种共和党领导人几个月来一直忽视的疾病。COVID疫苗有可能成为新的口罩，”他补充说。“但我也认为人们迫切希望恢复正常，而这些疫苗将使我们能够恢复正常。”
在过去的几个月里，关于基本安全措施的政治分歧达到了新的极端。根据今日美国自9月初以来，至少有81名州和联邦政府官员的新冠肺炎检测呈阳性，其中近四分之三是共和党人。
“根据唐纳德·特朗普总统的暗示，各级政府的共和党人无视公共卫生准则，以降低感染和传播艾滋病的风险冠状病毒”，文章写道。
尽管特朗普无视其他健康预防措施，但几个月来，他一直倡导未来的疫苗是开放经济的途径。
莱维特将“疫苗犹豫”的可能问题称为“暂时的挑战”。他说，一旦食品和药物管理局完成最终批准，人们看到他们的邻居接受疫苗接种，这一刻的担忧就会改变。
。@ TomllaMasaabc分解您需要了解的关于辉瑞新冠肺炎疫苗的所有信息:https://t.co/6fqZRfIDw3pic.twitter.com/ZZbwdL8w84
——ABC新闻(@ABC)2020年12月9日
他补充说，值得信赖的信使将是关键。
“重要的是，黑人社区、拉丁裔社区和该国保守的农村地区的人们要向人们宣传疫苗是安全的。这不仅仅是拜登政府，”他说。
疾病控制和预防中心主任罗伯特·雷德菲尔德也说过，社区领袖至关重要。上周，他要求企业和政府领导人帮助鼓励人们接种疫苗。疾病预防控制中心甚至正在准备贴纸和纽扣模板为了增加接种疫苗人群的可见度，卫生和公众服务部正在开展一项电视宣传活动。
一些公共卫生专家甚至谈到拜登上任后是否应该将“曲速行动”改名。三分之一的美国人表示姓氏他们主要关心的是疫苗开发的速度有多快，光是政府项目的名字——不那么微妙——就让人们想起了它。
“我们在这场大流行中的时间还不到一年，新冠肺炎疫苗的开发一直在加速进行。美国医学协会主席苏珊·贝利博士告诉美国广播公司新闻，人们对他们不知道的事情产生怀疑是很自然的。
回到九月，皮尤研究中心发现共和党人明显不太可能说他们“肯定”或者甚至“可能”接种疫苗。黑人受访者也是如此表示严重关切。
华盛顿邮报意见专栏作家阿里萨·罗森伯格本月早些时候写道，拜登和副总统当选人卡玛拉·哈里斯应该考虑在电视上直播接种疫苗。
罗森伯格写道:“特别是，美国黑人，对医疗系统有时虐待他们并继续为他们提供低质量的护理感到警惕，对此非常怀疑。”“拜登和哈里斯可以利用他们的接种让公众了解疫苗的开发和交付过程，并通过这样做，建立对一项前所未有的科学成就的信心。”
上周在接受CNN采访时，拜登说他将参加一个现场活动。
拜登说:“当福西博士说我们有疫苗时，那是安全的，那就是我将站在公众面前的时刻。”
独家报道:“我们必须建立对美国人民的信任;我们必须让他们明白研究这个的科学...是黄金标准。”
保罗·奥斯特罗夫斯基上尉。供应、生产和配送的运行速度@ GStephanopoulos。pic.twitter.com/t6q6Vz2U6h
——早安美国(@GMA)2020年12月9日
过去，现场活动和名人志愿者被用来帮助平静神经。1956年，埃尔维斯·普雷斯利在“埃德·沙利文秀”上现场接受了他的脊髓灰质炎疫苗，这是出了名的
到目前为止，华盛顿已经做出了两党的承诺和保证。
巴拉克·奥巴马总统、乔治·布什总统和比尔·克林顿总统上周都表示，如果疫苗有助于证明其安全性并鼓励其他美国人，他们将公开接受疫苗。总统的女儿伊万卡·特朗普周四转发了一个关于三位前总统承诺的故事。
“我的提议仍然有效，”她写道。
虽然名人代言可能对帮助传播信息和消除恐惧很重要，但他们也可能会遇到挫折和怀疑，尤其是如果普通美国人觉得一些富人或名人能够插队的话。
根据新的政府指导方针，各州应该分发第一波卫生工作者和老年人的疫苗。接下来可能会优先考虑其他重要工作人员和高风险人群。
安东尼·福奇博士认为，向人们提供关于疫苗的事实和数据也将有助于解决个人对生产速度或疫苗可能的副作用的担忧。
“我相信这是根深蒂固的反暴力分子的一小部分，不管你告诉他们什么，他们都不想接种疫苗。他本周在CNN上说:“我不会放弃他们，但我会把注意力集中在那些因为对事实和数据的误解而有这种感觉的人身上。”
“所以你说，‘你不想接种疫苗的原因是什么?“你是不是觉得事情进展得太快了，”。嗯，速度与疫苗平台技术的非凡进步有关——我们可以在几周、两个月内完成事情，而过去需要几年时间——而且不影响安全性。这并不损害科学的完整性。这是前所未有的。这是因为科学的进步，”他补充说。
The challenge of selling the COVID-19 vaccine amid divisive politics: ANALYSIS
It has become a mantra of sorts for the Biden transition team: "Vaccines don't save lives, vaccinations do." The idea is a powerful acknowledgement of thedaunting taskin front of the nation and incoming administration next year.
Once approved and manufactured, getting these shots into people's arms will be alogistical undertakingso big it is hard to fathom. More, reassuring andpersuading peopleto get in line for the new vaccine, after a transition in the White House and with rampant mistrust and misinformation in our politics, could be another challenge next year for President-elect Joe Biden and public health officials.
The vaccine has long seemed overly politicized. At the same time PresidentDonald Trumpwas dismissing and downplaying the disease, he was laser focused on the vaccine. His statements about how his vaccine could be ready before Election Day left prominent Democrats skeptical and leery.
But now, the timing of the vaccine's anticipated approval and rollout, so close after theelection, has arguably flipped the politics of it all. Millions of newvaccinesmay be ready for distribution next spring and summer. In Washington, some leaders are worried about whether Biden and his administration will be able to sell the science in Trump country.
"We have gone through a period where COVID-19 vaccines have been so politicized, it is not surprising that people are both confused and hesitant," Larry Levitt, executive vice president for health policy at the Kaiser Family Foundation, told ABC News.
"Red America may all of a sudden be more hesitant to take a vaccine under a Biden administration, particularly for a disease that Republican leaders have been dismissing for months. There is a risk that COVID vaccines could become the new masks," he added. "But I also think people are desperate to get back to normal and these vaccines are what will enable us to."
Over the last few months the political divide over basic safety measures has reached new extremes. According toUSA Today, at least 81 state and federal government officials have tested positive for COVID-19 since the beginning of September -- nearly three out of four are Republican.
"Taking their cues from President Donald Trump, Republicans at every level of government have flouted public health guidelines to reduce the risk of catching and spreading thecoronavirus," the article reads.
Though Trump has thumbed his nose at other health precautions, he has for months championed future vaccines as the way to open the economy.
Levitt referred to the possible issue of "vaccine hesitancy" as a "temporary challenge." He said that once the FDA finishes its final approval and people see their neighbors receiving vaccinations, the worry felt in this moment would change.
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— ABC News (@ABC)December 9, 2020
He added that trusted messengers will be key.
"It is going to be important that people in the Black community, Latino community and conservative, rural parts of the country are out there communicating to people that the vaccines are safe. It can't just be the Biden administration," he said.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield has said too that community leaders will be vital. Last week, he asked business and government leaders to help encourage people to take the vaccines. The CDC is even preppingstencils for stickers and buttonsto add visibility around those who have been vaccinated and the Department of Health and Human Services is working on a TV campaign.
Some public health experts have even talked about whether Biden should change the name of Operation Warp Speed when he takes office. One-in-three Americans toldGallupthat their main concern was how fast the vaccine was developed and the name of the government program alone -- not-so-subtly -- reminds people of it.
"We have been in this pandemic for less than a year, and development of COVID-19 vaccines has been on an accelerated timeline. It's natural for people to be suspicious of things they don't know about," Dr. Susan Bailey, president of the American Medical Association told ABC News.
Back in September,Pew Research Centerfound that Republicans were significantly less likely to say they would "definitely" or even "probably" get the vaccine.Black respondents tooexpressed serious concerns.
Washington Postopinion columnist Alyssa Rosenberg wrote earlier this month that Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris should consider receiving their vaccinations live on TV.
"In particular, Black Americans, wary of a medical system that has sometimes abused them and continues to provide them with lower-quality care, are highly skeptical," Rosenberg wrote. "Biden and Harris can use their inoculations to take the public inside the vaccine development and delivery process and, in doing so, build confidence in an unprecedented scientific accomplishment."
During an interview with CNN last week, Biden said he would be game for a live event.
"When Dr. Fauci says we have a vaccine, that is safe, that's the moment in which I will stand before the public," Biden said.
EXCLUSIVE: "We must build the trust in the American people; we must make them understand that the science that went into this...is gold-standard."
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— Good Morning America (@GMA)December 9, 2020
Live events and celebrity volunteers have been used in the past to help calm the nerves. In 1956, Elvis Presley famously received his polio vaccine live on "The Ed Sullivan Show."
So far, there has been a bipartisan commitment and reassurance from Washington.
Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton all said last week they would receive the vaccine publicly, if it would help prove its safety and encourage other Americans. The president's daughter Ivanka Trump Thursday retweeted a story about the three former presidents' commitment.
"My offer holds to do the same," she wrote.
While celebrity endorsements might be important to help spread the word and knock down fears, they could also be met with frustration and skepticism, especially if average Americans feel that some rich or famous Americans are able to jump their spot in line.
According to new government guidelines states are supposed todistribute the first waveof vaccines to health workers and the elderly. Other essential workers and high-risk populations will likely be prioritized next.
Dr. Anthony Fauci argued that providing people with facts and data about the vaccine will also help in addressing individual concerns about the speed of the production or the vaccine's possible side effects.
"I believe it's a small core of inveterate anti-vaxxers, who no matter what you tell them, they're not going to want to get vaccinated. I wouldn't give up on them, but the people I would focus my attention on are those who feel that way because of a misunderstanding of the facts and the data," he said on CNN this week.
"So you say, 'What's the reason you don't want to get vaccinated? Is it you think things went too fast?' Well, the speed was related to the extraordinary advances technologically in vaccine platform technology -- where we're able to do things in weeks, two months, that used to take several years -- and that is not compromising safety. And that is not compromising scientific integrity. This is something that is unprecedented. And it's because of scientific advances," he added.
