QUESTION
How can the City Council support efforts to address the decline in vaccination rates?
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Dr. Quinn highlights the role of City Council members as trusted messengers to amplify reputable vaccine information and suggests partnerships with community groups.
- Council members can act as trusted messengers in their communities.
- Directing people towards reputable sources for vaccine information such as the New York City Department of Health And Mental Hygiene and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is crucial.
- Suggests partnering with community groups identified by council members.
- Encourages reaching out to the community affairs group to facilitate partnerships.
Francisco P. Moya
0:54:56
How specifically, can we the city council support the efforts of the agency to address the decline in the vaccination rates?
Dr. Celia Quinn
0:55:06
Yeah.
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Certainly.
0:55:08
Very thankful for your support and also just for this hearing and that it's such an important topic I'm obviously passionate about.
0:55:15
You know your community is better than we do and you're a trusted messenger, so really just helping to amplify the message pointing people towards reputable sources for vaccine information like the health department, but also CDC, other, you know, accurate sources of information about vaccines.
0:55:33
And if you know of particular community groups that would we should meet with or partner with, we're happy to, you know, learn more about that and ask that you reach out to our community affairs groups to set that up for us.
Francisco P. Moya
0:55:44
Great.
0:55:45
Doctor, thank you so much for your testimony today, and thank you for the great work that you don't.
0:55:49
I appreciate you.
0:55:49
Thank you.