Unsure About the COVID-19 Vaccine? UF Health’s Chief Epidemiologist Has Answers (UF Health Newsroom)

Unsure About the COVID-19 Vaccine? UF Health’s Chief Epidemiologist Has Answers

As access to the COVID-19 vaccines continues to grow, one major challenge still looms large: vaccine hesitancy. Yet acceptance of the vaccine appears to be growing: A poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation in mid-January 2021 found a growing share of the public — 47% — is open to getting inoculated or has already done so. In December 2020, a similar poll registered 13% lower. Here, Nicole M. Iovine, M.D., Ph.D., chief epidemiology officer for the University of Florida Health Shands Hospital system, addresses key issues related to overcoming vaccine hesitancy.

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