The California Department of Public Health is launching a series of public education videos in partnership with actor, director and producer Tyler Perry in an effort to encourage state residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
The state and Perry’s production company, Tyler Perry Studios, will release a series of videos this month that address frequently asked questions about the vaccines, including how to know they’re safe and how mRNA vaccines work.
What I want to do is give people the facts,” Perry said in a statement. “There’s a lot of misinformation out there, and my hope is that this content will give people the answers they need to make their own decisions based on the truth.”
Perry and state health officials announced the partnership Wednesday as part of the state’s “Let’s Get to ImmUnity” campaign, which is intended to educate state residents about the vaccines’ safety and efficacy.
The partnership with Perry is also part of an outreach effort for the state’s Black communities, specifically.
“The vaccines continue to be our best tool to put an end to this deadly pandemic,” CDPH Director and state Public Health Officer Dr. Tomas Aragon said. “We are pleased to partner with Tyler Perry to help communicate the facts to more people — COVID-19 vaccines are effective, safe, and save lives.”
As of Thursday, 82.5 percent of state residents age 12 and up have received at least one vaccine dose, while 67.4 percent are fully vaccinated, according to data from the CDPH and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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My racial overtones detector is beeping pretty loud here, flashing lights & vibrating…. selecting a black comedian to convince the black community that this is a serious matter? …. everyone will be waiting for the punch line.
I think the only thing people are going to believe after this is that some old racist white man thought up this lame plan to get a popular black guy to sell out and fool blacks into getting vaccinated.
That was my first thought as well. How is this NOT racist?
Joe Biden has decided to cut shipments of Regeneron to Texas and Florida, in order to punish Republican Governors. Texas, Georgia, and Florida are the three states with the largest number of black residents. https://bit.ly/3lwJKqc
The issue is that some states are draining the national supply. They don’t want to ask people to wear masks and get vaccinated and that means they have a lot more people with COVID. If they cared about their citizens they would work to reduce the number of infections.
Biden blindsided Florida. Florida Governor Ron DeStantis said, “to pull the rug out a week after Biden himself said they were going to increase distribution by 50%, is very problematic.”
Florida is now trying to find a way to buy direct to make sure they have a reliable and stable supply source. https://bit.ly/3EvbFiY
Really OMG this state has gone off the deep end.
I think this is racist!
And when a black American is refused entry to a restaurant because they don’t have proof of vaccination, don’t you think the sparks are going to fly?
They will, and it shall be beautiful to witness
Well that does it I was waiting for Tyler Perry to shower me with his infinite wisdom. Give me the Fauchi Ouchie ASAP. Maybe he should learn how to make a movie or show that isn’t unwatchable first!!
I would ask if this is a joke, but this is very California-like.
The African-American community is highly suspicious of this vaccine because of the way the medical community has treated them is the not-so-distant past. And some of those doctors are still allowed to practice medicine I’m willing to guess.
Has nothing to do with the past. They just don’t want it.
Right. Joe Biden said blacks are suspicions because of the experiments on the tuskegee airmen.
I’d rather see them partner with Nicki Minaj.
They tried Snoop Dog however he was already booked game show hosting, and Ice T is busy selling automobile extended warranties.
Keepin’ it real.
…and you can’t even get Car Shield in California if you read the last fine line at the end it’s states unavailable.
Car Shield has a program in California providing extended warranties for stolen cars. It’s an equity thing.
Good one Fearless…lost a sip of coffee
Wait, what?? Doesn’t CNN, late night TV hosts, social media etc always try to convince us it’s Trump-supporting White supremacists who don’t want the vax? Isn’t that why they want to deny hospital care to anti-vaxxers? I’d like to know the price tag for this Partnership. A big name comedian $$$. + a series of videos featuring said comedian $$$$. + and, most importantly, payment to whoever the hell came up with the nauseating catchphrase: “Let’s get to immUnity” $$$$ = A whole lot of money wasted again.
So did I hear D member is white heritage month? We’ve had ever other heritage this year it would only seem fair that December be white heritage month because everybody always loves a white Christmas.
I seriously doubt there would ever be a white heritage month because that would be deemed racist, white supremacy related and whatnot it’ll never happen..see see the big picture here?
I would believe a comedian over Joe Biden when it comes to getting a shot.
Then I’ll suggest that you check out Dave Smith (a libertarian comedian)
They must really think we’re stupid
State Launches Partnership With ACTOR, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, PHILANTROPIST Tyler Perry To Encourage Vaccination Among Black Residents
Fixed it for you.
Give the man his due credit for what he actually does, not what you want to dumb him down to.
I will – when Mr. Perry, philanthropist, launches a partnership to encourage ALL Americans to get the vax. Prob easier to reach the desired “immUnity” if all people were included.
Notice the unspoken implication: right as counties (and the feds) are rolling out heavy restrictions on what unvaccinated people can do, what public accommodations they can enter, etc. etc., governments are also acknowledging that black people are more likely to be unvaccinated.
Disparate impact, anyone? Suddenly it doesn’t matter that a policy disproportionately excludes black people?
Wait! Don Lemon says all anti-vaxers are Trump supporters. Had no idea there were so many black Trump supporters out there.
Hey, they forgot about the Hispanics. California is a joke!!!
@Tsa
They will bring out George Lopez or Gabriel Iglesias a.k.a ‘Fluffy’ for comedic persuasion for Hispanics to get the jab…
For the Trumper antivax crowd I would like a PSA featuring Obama and Bill Gates telling them there is nothing to see in the vaccine
For who?
Give us some details Richard, I’ve never heard of this group.
And an Asian person to convince Asians, Hispanic person to convince Hispanics, etc etc….where will pandering end? How do we know the white people sharing the pro vax message are actually white? do we need pedigrees now? I also want to know, how do we know if celebrities are actually getting the real shot themselves? Propaganda is pretty slick and in this case pretty thick.
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