vaccine skepticism

LAFD Captain Chris Granucci is outraged over a vaccine mandate for all LA City workers, including first responders. Robert Kovacik reports for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on August 23, 2021.

A conservative talk radio host from Tennessee who had been a vaccine skeptic until he was hospitalized from COVID-19 has died.

A man who mocked COVID-19 vaccinations has died at a Los Angeles-area hospital after contracting the virus. Stephen Harmon was 34.

Continuing their efforts to reach vaccine-hesitant communities, Los Angeles County health officials announced a partnership Friday with the gang-rehabilitation organization Homeboy Industries for a series of public-service announcements encouraging COVID-19 vaccinations.

Officials everywhere are ramping up efforts to get people vaccinated, even with a decrease in cases of COVID-19 sickness and death. Beverly White reports for NBC4 News 11 p.m. on May 10, 2021. 

With 1/3 of all Americans now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the focus is now on specific groups unable or unwilling to get the shots. Beverly White reports for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on May 7, 2021.

In a trend described as “very worrisome,” the number of people getting their first COVID-19 vaccination at Los Angeles County sites dropped significantly over the past week, marking the first such drop and leading to more calls Thursday for people to get the shots and propel the county toward a return to normalcy.

If street vendors can’t make an appointment to get vaccinated, or have any doubts or fears about the vaccine, a group of young Angelenos is here to help them. NBC4 News reports at 6 p.m. on April 22, 2021.

Los Angeles City Councilman Gil Cedillo launched a “Get Vaccinated” campaign in English and Spanish Friday to urge Latino seniors in the First Council District to get vaccinated.

Former Associate FDA Commissioner Peter Pitts breaks down five critical healthcare lessons that have come from the COVID-19 pandemic and explores why many of those lessons have fallen on deaf ears.

With new COVID-19 variants from the U.K., South Africa and Brazil now spreading, doctors are rushing to vaccinate as many Americans as possible before more mutations arise. Dr. Natasha Bhuyan, a regional director of One Medical, joined LX News to talk about why vaccines are so important right now and how she encourages her patients to overcome their skepticism about...

Frontline healthcare workers are the first in line to get the COVID-19 vaccine but some in the Inland Empire are declining it.

Some health care workers in the Inland Empire are hesitant to get the coronavirus vaccine. But why? Tony Shin reports Jan. 4, 2021.

A recent study by the de Beaumont Foundation found that heath officials need to change the language they use to discuss the COVID-19 vaccine in order to build the public’s confidence in taking it. LX News talked to de Beaumont Foundation CEO Brian Castrucci, who shared four tips you can use when talking to vaccine skeptics in your life.

Studies show there is still a good deal of mistrust in the coronavirus vaccines as the first wave of shots is rolling out to millions of Americans across the country. Dr. Khalilah Gates and Dr. Melissa Simon, both of Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and who have both already received a first dose of the vaccine, talked to LX...

America’s surgeon general is asking for help from the Divine 9, black sororities and fraternities, to raise awareness and encourage people to get vaccinated. Ted Chen reports for NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Dec. 24, 2020.

As we all navigate the new normal of COVID-19, shaming those who don’t abide by strict safety rules may be less productive than you think. Infectious disease expert Jessica Malaty Rivera from the COVID Tracking Project says that instead of shaming, a better strategy is giving people the facts they need to make informed decisions.

With many Americans feeling hesitant about receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, NBCLX storyteller Clark Fouraker is setting the record straight about some of the many myths circulating about the shots, including the false claim it could interfere with your own DNA.