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Editor, Senior Moderator
Open Forum Infect Dis
. 2021 Aug 18;9(3)
fab433.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab433. eCollection 2022 Mar.
Sources of Vaccine Hesitancy: Pregnancy, Infertility, Minority Concerns, and General Skepticism
Albert L Hsu[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Traci Johnson[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Lynelle Phillips[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Taylor B Nelson[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic continues to evolve, with variants of concern and new surges of COVID-19 noted over the past months. The limited data and evolving recommendations regarding COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy have led to some understandable hesitancy among pregnant individuals. On social media, misinformation and unfounded claims linking COVID-19 vaccines to infertility are widespread, leading to vaccine skepticism among many men and women of reproductive age. The disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on communities of color, coupled with the unfortunate and troubled history of abuses of African Americans by the biomedical research community in the US, has also led to hesitancy and skepticism about the COVID-19 vaccines among some of our most vulnerable. The complex nature of vaccine hesitancy is evidenced by further divides between different demographic, political, age, geographical, and socioeconomic groups. Better understanding of these concerns is important in the individualized approaches to each patient.
Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic; COVID-19 vaccines; vaccine hesitancy; vaccine skepticism.
. 2021 Aug 18;9(3)
fab433.doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab433. eCollection 2022 Mar.
Sources of Vaccine Hesitancy: Pregnancy, Infertility, Minority Concerns, and General Skepticism
Albert L Hsu[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Traci Johnson[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Lynelle Phillips[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Taylor B Nelson[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35141344
- PMCID: PMC8385996
- DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab433
Abstract
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic continues to evolve, with variants of concern and new surges of COVID-19 noted over the past months. The limited data and evolving recommendations regarding COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy have led to some understandable hesitancy among pregnant individuals. On social media, misinformation and unfounded claims linking COVID-19 vaccines to infertility are widespread, leading to vaccine skepticism among many men and women of reproductive age. The disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on communities of color, coupled with the unfortunate and troubled history of abuses of African Americans by the biomedical research community in the US, has also led to hesitancy and skepticism about the COVID-19 vaccines among some of our most vulnerable. The complex nature of vaccine hesitancy is evidenced by further divides between different demographic, political, age, geographical, and socioeconomic groups. Better understanding of these concerns is important in the individualized approaches to each patient.
Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic; COVID-19 vaccines; vaccine hesitancy; vaccine skepticism.