Thu April 15, 2021 About 5,800 people who have been vaccinated against coronavirus have become infected anyway, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tells CNN. Some became seriously ill and 74 people died, the CDC said. It said 396 — 7% — of those who got infected after they were vaccinated required hospitalization. https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/14/health/breakthrough-infections-covid-vaccines-cdc/index.html
Tag: Vaccine Hesitancy
Yahoo News reports “Can coronavirus vaccine mistrust be overcome?”
Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, experts have agreed that the only way for life to truly return to normal is through the development of a vaccine. Vaccines usually take years to create. The fastest the process has ever been completed is four years. But an all-out global effort, supported by billions of dollars…
USA TODAY reports “Two-thirds of Americans say they won’t get COVID-19 vaccine when it’s first available”
Two-thirds of U.S. voters say they won’t try to get a coronavirus vaccine as soon as it becomes available and one in four say they don’t want to get it ever, according to a new USA TODAY/Suffolk poll released the same week that the number of COVID-19 cases surpassed 6 million. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/09/04/covid-19-two-thirds-us-wont-take-vaccine-right-away-poll-shows/5696982002/
The Dark Side of Vaccines reports “How to End Vaccine Hesitancy”
Is this decline in confidence responsible for an increase in vaccine hesitancy? And if so, what can be done to remedy this situation? Turning our attention to vaccine policy, there are several areas in which improvements can be made to strengthen vaccine programs and, in doing so, increase public confidence in immunizations in general.