Kamala Harris visits Washington vaccination site

Vice President Kamala Harris visits a local pharmacy in Washington DC to highlight the need for residents to get the vaccine when it's their turn. Harris discussed with the pharmacist the difference between hesitancy and access to the vaccine. The pharmacy in the Southeast part of the city is participating in the administration's Federal Retail Pharmacy Program.

Harris spoke about how she felt after getting her shots, while the vaccine was being administered to a local resident.

"On the second dose, I thought I was fine. I got up early in the morning, went to work, and then midday I realized, yeah, it might I might need to slow down a bit," said Harris.

But just that one day I woke up like that because I was fine, like nothing.Health officials have found vaccine hesitancy in communities of color, where COVID-19 has disproportionately affected their communities.As many as 1 in 3 Americans say they definitely or probably won’t get the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a recent poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.Some scientists estimate that more than 2 in 3 Americans will need to get vaccinated to stop the epidemic that has killed more than 500,000 people in the U.S.