vaccine hesitancy
Immunization trust gap
Vaccine hesitancy is reluctance or refusal to be vaccinated despite the availability of vaccines.
The term covers a spectrum from mild uncertainty to firm opposition, and applies to any vaccine—childhood immunizations, flu shots, or newer vaccines like those for COVID-19.
Vaccine hesitancy has contributed to outbreaks of preventable diseases.
The hesitancy may stem from safety concerns, distrust of medical institutions, religious beliefs, or exposure to misinformation.
- herd immunityWidespread resistance protecting all
- natural immunityAcquired resistance through exposure
- misinformationFalse data spread unintentionally
- anti-vax movementOpposition to immunization programs
- echo chambersInsular opinion-reinforcing environments
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- public healthdisease prevention, immunization, disease control, health education, epidemiology
- vaccinationimmunization, shot, shots, inoculation, jab
- health risksobesity, diabetes, smoking, hypertension, air pollution
- anti-vaccineanti-vax, anti-vaxxer, anti-vaxxers, Jenny McCarthy, misinformation
- vaccination gapsundervaccination, exemptions, refusal, religious exemptions, school exemptions
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Favoring preventive inoculation
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