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<p class="paragraph" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><img width="624" height="147" style="width:6.5in;height:1.5312in" id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.png@01D7982F.16277B10"></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="background:white"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="background:white"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">August 23, 2021</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Gov. Little comments on FDA full approval of COVID-19 vaccine<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little addressed the people of Idaho today in a video message regarding the positive news that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its full
approval of the first COVID-19 vaccine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">View the Governor’s video message at this link:
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlguYAaeoro">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlguYAaeoro</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Governor Little’s full message to the people of Idaho follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The United States of America reached a significant milestone today – the FDA announced it fully approved the first COVID-19 vaccine.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Close to 800,000 Idahoans and more than 200 million Americans have received the COVID-19 vaccine safely, and the FDA full approval for the Pfizer vaccine helps
impart additional confidence for Idahoans still on the fence about getting the shot.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Experts in science and medicine rigorously evaluated the safety of the vaccine in accordance with very high standards.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">President Donald Trump last year boldly moved our country forward with Operation Warp Speed – the first-ever public-private partnership of its kind – to enable
faster approval and production of COVID-19 vaccines during the global pandemic.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Today, we reached the culmination of President Trump’s leadership.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">It is a proud moment in our nation’s history.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">America is the best country in the world. We are able to offer our citizens a free, convenient, life-saving vaccine. Many people across the globe are not as
fortunate.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">To our friends and neighbors still waiting to receive the vaccine, the time to get the shot is NOW.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">By getting the shot now, you can protect yourself and others and ensure healthcare access remains available for everyone.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">By getting the shot now, you can ensure a strong, healthy workforce and continued economic prosperity in our state.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">And, importantly, by getting the shot now, you can ensure our students have a productive, successful school year.
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Thank you and God Bless.</span></i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="paragraph" style="background:white"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: Marissa Morrison, Press Secretary</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="background:white"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">208-943-1686 or </span></span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:marissa.morrison@gov.idaho.gov"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:#0563C1">marissa.morrison@gov.idaho.gov</span></span></a><span class="normaltextrun"> </span><span class="eop"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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