LeVar Burton Joins the L.A. Care-Nimoy Family COVID-19 Billboard Campaign
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Tuesday, January 17, 2023
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With COVID-19 cases rising again, it is time to remind people that vaccines are the best way to keep families and communities healthy. In May of 2021, L.A. Care Health Plan and the family of Leonard Nimoy, the legendary actor of Star Trek™ fame, launched a billboard and social media campaign to encourage vaccination and masking. Today, the campaign is announcing the addition of actor LeVar Burton, another member of the Star Trek family who starred in Star Trek: The Next Generation, is joining the effort with a billboard message saying Get Vaxxed. Get Boosted. Be There For The Next Generation.
Key Points:
- In May of 2021, L.A. Care Health Plan and the family of Leonard Nimoy, the legendary actor of Star Trek™ fame, launched a billboard and social media campaign to encourage vaccination and masking.
- Today, the campaign is announcing the addition of actor LeVar Burton, another member of the Star Trek family who starred in Star Trek: The Next Generation, is joining the effort with a billboard message saying Get Vaxxed.
- "During the pandemic, I realized I have to take care of myself and that means keeping up with vaccines and health screenings," said Burton.
- The billboards in this renewed campaign will initially go up in three Inglewood neighborhoods and in the San Fernando Valley.