Vaccine hesitancy threat
VACCINATION has eradicated smallpox, nearly eradicated polio, and led to major reductions of serious infectious diseases. These include diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, and measles. Yet, concerns about vaccination – or what’s known as vaccine hesitancy – persist. This isn’t new: people have delayed being vaccinated, or point-blank refused since the first vaccines came off the production line.
In 2019, the World Health Organization identified vaccine hesitancy as one of the 10
