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Vaccines And The Social Amplification Of Risk, Heidi Larson, Leesa Lin, Rob Goble
Vaccines And The Social Amplification Of Risk, Heidi Larson, Leesa Lin, Rob Goble
Sustainability and Social Justice
In 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) named “Vaccine Hesitancy” one of the top 10 threats to global health. Shortly afterward, the COVID-19 pandemic emerged as the world's predominant health concern. COVID-19 vaccines of several types have been developed, tested, and partially deployed with remarkable speed; vaccines are now the primary control measure and hope for a return to normalcy. However, hesitancy concerning these vaccines, along with resistance to masking and other control measures, remains a substantial obstacle. The previous waves of vaccine hesitancy that led to the WHO threat designation, together with recent COVID-19 experience, provide a window for …