“
Vaccinated and masked
”. No, this is not a new slogan of a government communication campaign to encourage vaccination of Americans, to fight the Covid-19 epidemic. These are the words of Ariana Grande, in an August 1 Instagram post. Dressed in a black mask, the pop star calls on his fans to get vaccinated. “Now
is the time to gently remind yourself to get the vaccine if you are eligible. We're not done with this thing yet!
“On the social network, the singer followed by 257 million people recalls the importance of vaccination to fight against the resurgence of the epidemic that is hitting the United States because of the Delta variant.
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Ariana Grande recalls that “
yes, even if you can have [the Covid] by being vaccinated, the vaccine helps protect against severe forms, hospitalization, and death!
".
She also invites people who have already contracted the virus to be vaccinated.
A booster shot in the face of the Delta variant
The 27-year-old artist justifies this position by explaining the impact of the Delta variant on the unvaccinated.
“
We know that [the Delta variant] spreads much more easily than the previous variants.
Most of the spread is among unvaccinated people and in areas with low vaccination rates!
», She underlined.
A finding that goes in the direction of the latest American studies on the epidemic.
The resurgence of the virus is hitting hard in states where there is vaccine skepticism.
States particularly affected by the spread of the virus such as Arkansas, Missouri and Louisiana have vaccination rates below the national average.
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Fight against misinformation
Faced with this reluctance, Ariana Grande wishes to inform her fans and deconstruct the
"myths about the Covid which circulate on the Internet
".
She shared an article from Johns Hopkins University - which is the benchmark in terms of statistics on the progression of Covid-19 in the United States - and other accounts that have made access to information to fight against vaccine mistrust, their hobbyhorse.
The singer joins the long list of American celebrities who have made a public commitment to vaccination, such as Jennifer Aniston, Sean Penn or the new pop sensation Olivia Rodrigo;
who had been personally invited by Joe Biden to the White House, to encourage young people to be vaccinated.
Will these new heralds of vaccination be heard by half of Americans who are not yet vaccinated? Not sure. If studies agree that celebrities can reach a wider audience, in the current pandemic, such positions could prove to be counterproductive. “
Everyone is familiar with [vaccination] and there is a lot of resistance to it. Talking to people about it again makes them feel a little resentful; they believe in it less and are overwhelmed,
”
University of Pennsylvania sociology professor Damon Centola
told The
Washington Post
.
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