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The vaccine hesitancy will impact vaccines for HPV, measles, HEP B, etc. etc. for generations.

skyde 5y ago
it's not just the vaccine most of those people dont believe germs and virus are real. So I bet they will also stop washing hands or taking anti-biotic.
- outime 5y ago
  I personally think we should stop labeling a whole diverse group under the most stupid categorization we can think of. Media is also guilty of this, for example when some outlet posted something like “anti-vaxxers are now drinking betadine” despite being an isolated act of stupidity. This type of confrontation will only yield more division and therefore enhance distrust.
Covzire 5y ago
Most people against the COVID EUA vaccines are not anti-vaxx, at all.
JumpCrisscross 5y ago
> vaccine hesitancy will impact vaccines for HPV, measles, HEP B, etc. etc. for generations This will be geographically--and, over time, economically--isolated. Nearly 80% of American adults and over ¾ of eligible Americans have taken at least one dose of a Covid vaccine [1]. In the 65+ population, the figure is 95%. This simply isn't a big group of people, noisy as they may be. (Caveat: the group of people who are philosophically against vaccine mandates, but will get vaccinated anyway, is larger.) [1] https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations_vacc-total-admin-rate-total https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations_vacc-...
- Ensorceled 5y ago
  Agreed, I think the effect is that there will be pockets where herd immunity is not reached that will be a source of outbreaks for years to come.
  - JumpCrisscross 5y ago
    > will be a source of outbreaks for years to come We have experience containing outbreaks in small, isolated groups of high-risk populations. Even in densely populated places, e.g. measles in Williamsburg. The advantage is you know ex ante where the risk is, versus having the possibility of it popping up at random anywhere in the country.
unanswered 5y ago
Do you have any evidence that ineffective gene therapy hesitancy is correlated with effective vaccine hesitancy?

it's not just the vaccine most of those people dont believe germs and virus are real. So I bet they will also stop washing hands or taking anti-biotic.

outime 5y ago
I personally think we should stop labeling a whole diverse group under the most stupid categorization we can think of. Media is also guilty of this, for example when some outlet posted something like “anti-vaxxers are now drinking betadine” despite being an isolated act of stupidity. This type of confrontation will only yield more division and therefore enhance distrust.

Covzire 5y ago

Most people against the COVID EUA vaccines are not anti-vaxx, at all.

JumpCrisscross 5y ago

> vaccine hesitancy will impact vaccines for HPV, measles, HEP B, etc. etc. for generations This will be geographically--and, over time, economically--isolated. Nearly 80% of American adults and over ¾ of eligible Americans have taken at least one dose of a Covid vaccine [1]. In the 65+ population, the figure is 95%. This simply isn't a big group of people, noisy as they may be. (Caveat: the group of people who are philosophically against vaccine mandates, but will get vaccinated anyway, is larger.) [1] https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations_vacc-total-admin-rate-total https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations_vacc-...

Ensorceled 5y ago
Agreed, I think the effect is that there will be pockets where herd immunity is not reached that will be a source of outbreaks for years to come.
- JumpCrisscross 5y ago
  > will be a source of outbreaks for years to come We have experience containing outbreaks in small, isolated groups of high-risk populations. Even in densely populated places, e.g. measles in Williamsburg. The advantage is you know ex ante where the risk is, versus having the possibility of it popping up at random anywhere in the country.

unanswered 5y ago

Do you have any evidence that ineffective gene therapy hesitancy is correlated with effective vaccine hesitancy?