Dr. Anthony Fauci took to TikTok to spread the word on the importance of the COVID-19 vaccine this week, telling some of the app's top personalities to use their platform to spread the word on getting the jab.
'Tell all of your TikTok buddies to get vaccinated,' he told social media and former 'Dance Moms' star Nia Sioux.
'I will, I'll tell all my besties,' Sioux replied in a TikTok video she uploaded on Thursday.
The app itself has become a massive platform for younger generations. Sioux has 7.4 million followers and 152.7 million likes on TikTok, with Fauci reaching a potential 16 million users alone in the three conversations he had on the app throughout the week.
'Tell all of your TikTok buddies to get vaccinated,' he told social media and former 'Dance Moms' star Nia Sioux
Fauci dispelled some common myths about the vaccine in a conversation with 22-year-old Mia Finney, a verified TikToker with 6.4 million followers
Only 30 percent of white residents between 18 and 24 being at least partially vaccinated and just 14 percent of African American and black residents in the same age group
On behalf of the White House and the US Department of Health and Human Services, Fauci, one of the nation's leading experts in infectious diseases, answered questions from the popular TikTok stars and discussed the myriad of myths surrounding the vaccine in a move to increase vaccination rates among youths.
'There are multiple myths going on out there, from anything from aliens taking over your body to becoming magnetic to get[ting] a chip injected in you. It's all nonsense, so please help us debunk that stuff,' Fauci said in a conversation with 22-year-old Mia Finney, a verified TikToker with 6.4 million followers.
'If you get Covid, recover and then get vaccinated, your level of protection will be extremely high. The CDC still recommends that even though you've been infected that you should get vaccinated for the extra degree of protection,' Fauci told Finney.
'Something is wrong in getting the word out to our young people,' said Washington DC Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton in response to the shockingly low vaccination rates among young people.
For her part, Finney was glad to help out in spreading the word to get vaccinated to young people, captioning her
