Section 1 Awareness campaign
In general— The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and in coordination with other offices and agencies, as appropriate, shall award competitive grants or contracts to one or more public or private entities to carry out a national awareness campaign to increase factual awareness and knowledge of COVID–19.
Components— The campaign under subsection (a) shall include—
multilingual and culturally appropriate information and distribution strategies;
information based on available scientific evidence;
an emphasis on countering stigma and shame, such as harmful and false accusations regarding origination of the virus; and
scientific data countering propaganda related to viral origination.