rana hogarth. caller: good morning, dr. hogarth. i live in kentucky but my family traces to alabama and my father was born in tuskegee. i have a history with this. to bring it up to today, i won't take it for the reason were talking about. after seeing president biden friday when he gave his press conference a mime kind of leaning towards it. i'm a veteran, i'm kind of leaning towards it, but what is keeping me not wanting to get it is because the former guy, before president biden, anything he had his hands on i'm skeptical about. my last question is, my real reason for skepticism is that they don't tell you how long it will last. they don't give you enough information, i know where the mask and all the protocols, but they don't give you any more information about how long it will last and who you can be around and how you should move around your community and that kind of thing. i think they need to do more education on vaccine coverage and how long. host: let's hear from our guest. prof. hogarth: i do appreciate this comment in q

rana hogarth. caller: good morning, dr. hogarth.entucky but my family traces to alabama and my father was born in tuskegee. i have a history with this. to bring it up to today, i won't take it for the reason were talking about. after seeing president biden friday when he gave his press conference a mime kind of leaning towards it. i'm a veteran, i'm kind of leaning towards it, but what is keeping me not wanting to get it is because the former guy, before president biden, anything he had his hands on i'm skeptical about. my last question is, my real reason for skepticism is that they don't tell you how long it will last. they don't give you enough information, i know where the mask and all the protocols, but they don't give you any more information about how long it will last and who you can be around and how you should move around your community and that kind of thing. i think they need to do more education on vaccine coverage and how long. host: let's hear from our guest. prof. hogarth: i do appreciate this comment in question. whe

professor rhonda hogarth discusses the history of racial inequality in public health. watch "washington journal" at 7:00 a.m. eastern. the 117th congress includes over 60 new members, including first-generation immigrants, state representatives, television reporters, and former professional athletes. watch our conversations with new members of congress. tonight, we feature freshman members who were journalists or a college or professional athletes for entering politics including maria salazar, burgess owens, randy seamstress -- randy feenstra, and bob good. watch new members of congress tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span, on c-span.org, or listen on the c-span app. >> next, a look at a post-pandemic economy with fiscal and monetary experts, including the director of the congressional budget office.

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hogarth: i am it -- caller: i am at peace. i am literally at peace now.e will hear from a mere next in los angeles. caller: good morning, how are you? i approve abide in so far. he's not as entertaining has trump but i think he's doing fine. i have a question for you. earlier you made a comment and said do you think it should be the new standard for a president to answer questions at a press conference, you are in journalism, what do you mean? , what are you talking about? host: i didn't mean at a press conference. i meant the frequency in which president trump, i think anybody would agree that the amount of television and media opportunities was unsurpassed in the trump administration in terms of his availability and his media events. my intent to ask that was, he set a new standard in that. should we expect presidential appearances that not that he should answer questions but i was asking the terms of the frequency of those events that donald trump used to have. caller: i got you. i think the new standard is kim kardashian. people are thick -- people ar