{"id":34502,"date":"2021-04-27T11:35:28","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T18:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=34502"},"modified":"2021-04-28T11:36:02","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T18:36:02","slug":"gop-doctors-in-congress-release-video-urging-people-to-get-vaccinated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=34502","title":{"rendered":"GOP doctors in Congress release video urging people to get vaccinated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amid concerns about vaccine hesitancy from Republicans, some GOP doctors in Congress took matters into their own hands on Tuesday by releasing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/qwdhyjnqdmmtcjcmtvgddthhdntrmnmbbfdqjprmmffhnw_ehprbbysyfrhrqbhtdqr.html?a=&amp;b=38698\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/qwdhyjnqdmmtcjcmtvgddthhdntrmnmbbfdqjprmmffhnw_ehprbbysyfrhrqbhtdqr.html?a%3D%26b%3D38698&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1619714284597000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG8iz-N-kBxy5TI2T6OFzWzcvBNKw\">a video<\/a>\u00a0urging people to get the shot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/rrwwyhjflccpshscpkgllpwwljpbcjcqqvlfhtbccvvwjn_ehprbbysyfrhrqbhtdqr.html?a=&amp;b=38698\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/rrwwyhjflccpshscpkgllpwwljpbcjcqqvlfhtbccvvwjn_ehprbbysyfrhrqbhtdqr.html?a%3D%26b%3D38698&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1619714284597000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFxfH_GvwRGRuyAVqHdeVQESl1_Fw\">The video<\/a>, led by Sen.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/blcbvsdkzppynsnpyjgzzybbzdympdpttqzkscmppqqbdj_ehprbbysyfrhrqbhtdqr.html?a=&amp;b=38698\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/blcbvsdkzppynsnpyjgzzybbzdympdpttqzkscmppqqbdj_ehprbbysyfrhrqbhtdqr.html?a%3D%26b%3D38698&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1619714284597000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFwv6w5s_AQmEqw9wQhvIXbplgHMw\">Roger Marshall<\/a>\u00a0(R-Kan.), a doctor, features some of the lawmakers wearing white coats with stethoscopes around their necks speaking into the camera.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis vaccine is safe,\u201d says Rep.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/lknqsfzphmmrlflmrdjhhrqqhzrcmzmyynhpfwcmmnnqzj_ehprbbysyfrhrqbhtdqr.html?a=&amp;b=38698\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/lknqsfzphmmrlflmrdjhhrqqhzrcmzmyynhpfwcmmnnqzj_ehprbbysyfrhrqbhtdqr.html?a%3D%26b%3D38698&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1619714284597000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHi9wJnuuprVsx0rZu7s9_z5NHJ8g\">Larry Bucshon<\/a>\u00a0(R-Ind.), a heart surgeon.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>GOP-tailored messages:<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>Some of the messages point to the greater freedom that people can have once they are inoculated.<\/p>\n<p>Bucshon says the way \u201cto end the government&#8217;s restrictions on our freedoms is to take action and get the vaccine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/khvfwbtkplljzbzljrvppjffptjqltlggspkbdqllssfts_ehprbbysyfrhrqbhtdqr.html?a=&amp;b=38698\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/khvfwbtkplljzbzljrvppjffptjqltlggspkbdqllssfts_ehprbbysyfrhrqbhtdqr.html?a%3D%26b%3D38698&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1619714284597000&amp;usg=AFQjCNENyUIer-N2KNnRqQBQT5Pero3Ehw\">John Joyce<\/a>\u00a0(R-Pa.) pointed to the Trump administration\u2019s Operation Warp Speed, which developed the vaccines but has become a phrase the Biden administration has stopped using.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid concerns about vaccine hesitancy 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