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The first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine rolled out in Washington on Tuesday morning. The big question now, though, is whether enough people are willing to get the injection when it’s available to the public.

According to a , 58% of Americans said they鈥檇 be willing to get vaccinated, which is up from previous surveys, but still might not be enough to reach herd immunity.

Fortunately, it鈥檚 not the first time in American history we鈥檝e struggled with this problem.

In 1955, Dr. Jonas Salk鈥檚 polio vaccine was considered safe and effective. A lot of children were vaccinated, but teenagers didn鈥檛 realize they were at risk, and weren鈥檛 as likely to get it.

About a year later, after a performance on The Ed Sullivan Show, Elvis Presley received a polio vaccine on air.

In a , journalist and historian David M. Perry credits this broadcast with convincing young people to get the vaccine, and contributed to the eventual triumph over the disease.

The problem now is we don鈥檛 really have an Elvis anymore. Who is the Presley of 2020? Baby Yoda?

Because the internet fractured our pop culture into a million smaller slices, there鈥檚 not an obvious pop star to go to for any vaccine public relations needs. We鈥檒l need to find multiple different kinds of pop stars to reach multiple different demographics.

I suggest we break it up by region. Each state should find a public figure willing to get the vaccine on camera, and then release the video in hopes it convinces the residences of that state to get on board.

I searched for 鈥淔amous Washingtonians鈥� to try to come up with some ideas for us. I鈥檝e also included my thoughts about whether they鈥檇 be a good fit for this:

• Bill Gates: He鈥檚 actually agreed to do this, but I鈥檓 not convinced it will help. Most of my Facebook feed seems to be already convinced Gates is putting some kind of mind-control device into the vaccine. Him making a big show of getting it might actually make things worse.
• Chrissy Teigen: I don鈥檛 think you even need to ask her to do this, I bet she just will. I don鈥檛 know that it would actually result in any more vaccinations, but I would probably watch it.
• Macklemore: I actually think this would make the vaccine seem way less cool.
• Craig T. Nelson: Did you know he was born in Spokane? I didn鈥檛 until now. I think he鈥檇 be a great pick mainly because I know my parents know who he is.
• Loren Culp: I think Culp would actually be the most impactful choice. It seems like he could really change some minds. Would he be willing? I don鈥檛 think so. I suggest we also offer to vaccinate his guns, the things he really cares about. Might make him more amenable.

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