Beshear has been a persistent champion of vaccination, and he says he and his family will soon be rolling up their sleeves for the new enhanced booster in a show of public support.
But when it comes to a statewide effort to promote the new bivalent vaccine, Beshear says the federal money has simply dried up.
"Most, if not all, of the funding that would support that has either been cut or not provided in the current budget, or coming down from Congress. But I will say that, by now, people get this information. It's out there. And if you've received a couple of vaccines already, you know that they're safe and effective."Gov. Andy Beshear
As for the vaccines themselves, a spokesman with UK Pharmacy told reporters this week that they don't expect any shortages of the new booster — though the rollout slated to start Monday may take a couple weeks to ramp up to its full speed.
To be eligible for the new Pfizer and Moderna shots, individuals must have received the original vaccine series first and be two months out from their last vaccination.
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