Thread by @mlipsitch

Really important @nytimes article on how easy access to vaccines remains a key issue not just hesitancy nytimes.com/2021/05/12/us/…. I’d add two points less explicit in article

1. People say that seeing others get vax without incident reduces their hesitancy. If so then each vaccine administered to those where access is the main problem can have a multiplier effect in overcoming hesitancy in others.

2. If we think of getting vaccinated like any other choice then hesitancy and ease of obtaining are two sides of same coin. If hard to get, a little hesitancy will stop. If easy to get, only the very hesitant won’t.

All reinforces value of ongoing initiatives to make vaccination easy. Wonder what we might learn for other public health behaviors???