The true cost of vaccine misinformation: A vulnerable nation
The true cost of vaccine misinformation: A vulnerable nation
- April 23, 2024
- Suellen Hopfer, CPIP and public health, explains in this op-ed for The Orange County Register
“As a health communications researcher specializing in vaccine hesitancy, the last few years in my field have been paradoxical. Vaccinations played a large part in ushering us into the post-pandemic world, yet a “misinfodemic” against vaccines persists. … recognition of World Immunization Week – taking place annually during the last week of April – I want to highlight the collective action needed to improve vaccine uptake to protect people of all ages."
Continue reading: https://www.ocregister.com/2024/04/23/the-true-cost-of-vaccine-misinformation-a-vulnerable-nation/
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