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Collected Item: “Pop star Olivia Rodrigo visits White House to urge young people to get vaccinated against Covid-19”

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Pop star Olivia Rodrigo visits White House to urge young people to get vaccinated against Covid-19

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"I am beyond honored and humbled to be here today to help spread the message about the importance of youth vaccination," Rodrigo said from the White House press briefing room podium. Youth vaccination rates continue to lag significantly behind the general American population.
Rodrigo continued: "I'm in awe of the work President Biden and Dr. Fauci have done and was happy to help lend my support to this important initiative. It's important to have conversations with friends and family members encouraging all communities to get vaccinated, and actually get to a vaccination site, which you can do more easily than ever before, given how many sites we have and how easy it is to find them at vaccines.gov."
The videos will be featured on the 18-year-old's social media channels as well as the White House's accounts. Rodrigo is the singer of hits "Drivers License," and "good 4 u," and has more than 28 million followers across her channels.

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pop star, Olivia Rodrigo, vaccine, teen, youth, encouragement, video, safe, White House

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2021-07-14
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