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Vaccine hesitancy: the next challenge in the fight against COVID-19.

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It is indicated that healthcare staff involved in the care of COVID-19 positive patients, and individuals considering themselves at risk of disease, were more likely to self-report acquiescence to CO VID-19 vaccination if and when available, and parents, nurses, and medical workers not caring for SARS-CoV-2 positive patients expressed higher levels of vaccine hesitancy.
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Vaccine hesitancy remains a barrier to full population inoculation against highly infectious diseases. Coincident with the rapid developments of COVID-19 vaccines globally, concerns about the safety of such a vaccine could contribute to vaccine hesitancy. We analyzed 1941 anonymous questionnaires completed by healthcare workers and members of the general Israeli population, regarding acceptance of a potential COVID-19 vaccine. Our results indicate that healthcare staff involved in the care of COVID-19 positive patients, and individuals considering themselves at risk of disease, were more likely to self-report acquiescence to COVID-19 vaccination if and when available. In contrast, parents, nurses, and medical workers not caring for SARS-CoV-2 positive patients expressed higher levels of vaccine hesitancy. Interventional educational campaigns targeted towards populations at risk of vaccine hesitancy are therefore urgently needed to combat misinformation and avoid low inoculation rates.

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Therapeutic Advances in Vaccines and Immunotherapy

TL;DR: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License, which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages.
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Pediatric health care professionals' vaccine knowledge, awareness and attitude: a survey within the Italian Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.

TL;DR: In this article, an anonymous on-line questionnaire was developed within the Vaccine Committee of Italian Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology (SIAIP) and spontaneously completed by 231 Pediatricians and Pediatric Nurses (PN).
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Psychology needs to get tired of winning

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Consensus and Controversial Aspects of Vitamin D and COVID-19.

TL;DR: The International Conferences "Controversies in Vitamin D" are a series of workshops that started in 2017 featuring international experts and leaders in vitamin D research and clinical practice as mentioned in this paper , which aims to review and discuss controversial topics in the field of vitamin D, SARS-CoV-2 infection, and COVID-19.
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Intention to get vaccinated against COVID-19 among nursing students: A cross-sectional survey.

TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors explored factors associated with COVID-19 vaccination intention among Chinese nursing students and found that more than half (51.9%) of nursing students were willing to vaccinate against COVID19, while 43.4% were uncertain and 4.7% were unwilling to get vaccinated.
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Vaccine refusal, mandatory immunization, and the risks of vaccine-preventable diseases

TL;DR: Although some clinicians have discontinued or have considered discontinuing their provider relationship with patients who refuse vaccines, the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Bioethics recommends that clinicians address vaccine refusal by respectfully listening to parental concerns and discussing the risks of nonvaccination.
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A strategic approach to COVID-19 vaccine R&D.

TL;DR: The ACTIV (Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines) public-private partnership brings together the strengths of all sectors at this time of global urgency and a collaborative platform for conducting harmonized, randomized controlled vaccine efficacy trials is discussed.
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