{"id":109362,"date":"2021-03-12T03:47:57","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T03:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=109362"},"modified":"2021-03-12T03:47:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T03:47:57","slug":"presidents-obama-bush-clinton-and-carter-promote-covid-19-vaccine-in-new-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/presidents-obama-bush-clinton-and-carter-promote-covid-19-vaccine-in-new-ad\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidents Obama, Bush, Clinton And Carter Promote COVID-19 Vaccine In New Ad"},"content":{"rendered":"
Former Presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush\u00a0and Jimmy Carter\u00a0appeared together in a new ad encouraging people to get the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available to them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis vaccine means hope,\u201d Obama says in the video. \u201cIt will protect you and those you love from this dangerous and deadly disease.\u201d<\/p>\n
The ad then highlights what the former presidents miss about their lives prior to the pandemic.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to go back to work, and I want to be able to move around,\u201d Clinton says.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Obama notes his desire to visit with Michelle Obama\u2019s mother, Marian Robinson: \u201cTo hug her and see her on her birthday.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat I\u2019m really looking forward to is going to opening day in Texas Rangers stadium with a full stadium,\u201d says Bush.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The video later shows clips of each president getting vaccinated, along with former first ladies Michelle Obama, Laura Bush, Rosalynn Carter and Hillary Clinton.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Carter can be heard in the video saying, \u201cI\u2019m getting vaccinated because we want this pandemic to end as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n
The video was made by the nonprofit Ad Council in partnership with the COVID collaborative, an assembly of public health experts and professionals in the education and economic fields.<\/p>\n
Noticeably absent from the video is former President Donald Trump, and former First Lady Melania Trump. Several news outlets reported earlier this month that both Donald and Melania Trump\u00a0quietly received the vaccine in January.<\/p>\n
When asked about the Trumps\u2019 absence, a spokesperson for the Ad Council told Reuters that one of the ads was filmed on Jan. 20, when Joe Biden was inaugurated, an event the Trumps skipped.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The spokesperson also noted that the organization was pleased that Trump had recently urged Americans to get vaccinated, Reuters reported. He encouraged people to get their \u201cshot\u201d during a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando on Feb. 28.<\/p>\n
In another video published by Ad Council on Thursday, Bush, Obama and Clinton are seen together urging viewers to get vaccinated. The video appears to have been filmed during the same time frame as\u00a0another previously released video\u00a0that showed the presidents calling for unity in the U.S. That video aired on Inauguration Day.\u00a0<\/p>\n