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Editor, Senior Moderator
Hum Vaccin Immunother
. 2022 Sep 26;2125754.
doi: 10.1080/21645515.2022.2125754. Online ahead of print.
Lessons learned from 2 years of influenza vaccinations in the UK and USA during the COVID-19 pandemic as respiratory viruses return
Litjen J Tan[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Syed Ahmed[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Mitchel C Rothholz[SUP] 3 [/SUP], George Kassianos[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Jonathan S Nguyen-Van-Tam[SUP] 5 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
During the COVID-19 pandemic, immunization programs for other respiratory infections, notably influenza continued worldwide but attracted less public or political attention than COVID-19 vaccinations. Due to non-pharmaceutical intervention measures the global influenza burden decreased substantially; but with lifting of restrictions a rebound in other respiratory virus pathogens is both plausible and likely. This article discusses lessons identified from the UK and USA, and provides recommendations for future influenza vaccination programs in light of emerging data from the southern hemisphere and the need for harmonization with COVID-19 vaccination, focusing on operational delivery and messaging to practitioners and the public.
Keywords: COVID-19; co-administration; flu campaign; flu vaccination campaign; influenza; northern hemisphere; public health; southern hemisphere; vaccination; vaccine; vaccine program.
. 2022 Sep 26;2125754.
doi: 10.1080/21645515.2022.2125754. Online ahead of print.
Lessons learned from 2 years of influenza vaccinations in the UK and USA during the COVID-19 pandemic as respiratory viruses return
Litjen J Tan[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Syed Ahmed[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Mitchel C Rothholz[SUP] 3 [/SUP], George Kassianos[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Jonathan S Nguyen-Van-Tam[SUP] 5 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 36162068
- DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2022.2125754
Abstract
During the COVID-19 pandemic, immunization programs for other respiratory infections, notably influenza continued worldwide but attracted less public or political attention than COVID-19 vaccinations. Due to non-pharmaceutical intervention measures the global influenza burden decreased substantially; but with lifting of restrictions a rebound in other respiratory virus pathogens is both plausible and likely. This article discusses lessons identified from the UK and USA, and provides recommendations for future influenza vaccination programs in light of emerging data from the southern hemisphere and the need for harmonization with COVID-19 vaccination, focusing on operational delivery and messaging to practitioners and the public.
Keywords: COVID-19; co-administration; flu campaign; flu vaccination campaign; influenza; northern hemisphere; public health; southern hemisphere; vaccination; vaccine; vaccine program.