Shannon E. MacDonald

TL;DR: In this article, the effectiveness of mRNA covid-19 vaccines against symptomatic infection and severe outcomes (hospital admission or death) was investigated. But, the effectiveness was not as high as the BNT162b2 or mRNA-1273 vaccines.

TL;DR: These results confirm that parent report is often flawed, but also identify that registries are prone to misclassification of immunization status.

TL;DR: It is indicated that both vaccine experts and front-line vaccine providers have the perception that vaccine rates have been declining and consider vaccine hesitancy an important issue to address in Canada.

TL;DR: It is suggested that trust-building interventions that promote pro-vaccine social norms and that address negative attitudes toward vaccination could enhance vaccine acceptance among Canadian parents.

TL;DR: This is the first population-based study to characterize parents who are likely to decline vitamin K for their infants and whose children arelikely to be unimmunized, and enable earlier identification of high-risk parents and provide an opportunity to enact strategies to increase uptake of vitamin K and childhood immunizations.