In the global race to vaccinate against COVID, the US is lagging behind most developed countries. ig.ft.com/coronavirus-va…
In fact, countries which have lower vaccination rates than us are mainly those with inadequate access to vaccines.
Overall we are at #93 of about ~225 countries in %fully vaccinated. Excluding small countries with less than 200,000 population, we are at still >#60 in the race.
Overall we are at #93 of about ~225 countries in %fully vaccinated. Excluding small countries with less than 200,000 population, we are at still >#60 in the race.
This is not due to limited vaccinate availability but vaccine hesitancy.
Vaccine hesitancy is not due to a uniform cause. There are many reasons. But mostly it is due to misinformation about Covid and Covid vaccines spread on media and social media.
Vaccine hesitancy is not due to a uniform cause. There are many reasons. But mostly it is due to misinformation about Covid and Covid vaccines spread on media and social media.
Since almost everyone who follows those of us who repeatedly promote vaccines are already vaccinated, the way our tweets can help is if those spreading misinformation happen to see them and have a change of heart. That's a bit too much to ask.
Hopefully members in the media and other leaders who have been promoting vaccination can have better impact than those of us whose audience is limited, and as convinced as we are.
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