
CDC facing formidable challenges in convincing conservatives to get Covid-19 vaccines
CNN
Public health experts at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are facing challenges -- even struggling -- as they try to figure out how to convince hesitant Republicans to take the Covid-19 vaccine, federal officials familiar with the situation told CNN.
"It's kind of a mess to figure out with this particular audience what resonates with them, because they see vaccines as taking away their freedom," said one official. "It's a hard climb for everyone in public health. It's moving a rock up a mountain." According to a Kaiser Family Foundation survey in April of more than 2,000 people in the US, 42% of Republicans, but only 19% of Democrats, are less than enthusiastic about getting the Covid-19 vaccine.
Janet Mills and her allies are counting on a gender gap to narrow Platner’s wide lead ahead of the June 9 primary to decide who will face incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins. They are betting that the unfiltered style that has brought Platner widespread attention as someone who could help Democrats reach young men will backfire with women.

As a shrinking number of Transportation Security Administration agents work to keep hourslong security lines moving despite not being paid, President Donald Trump stepped into the fray Saturday, announcing he will send Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to airports by Monday if Congress doesn’t agree to a plan to end the partial government shutdown.











