Governments are naturally under pressure to focus on national rollouts. But the truth is none of us is safe until we’re all safe.
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Vaccination has been controversial from its beginning. Gaining people’s trust in vaccines has been crucial. An important part of that is a strong communications plan.
In a digital age, and with unequal access to vaccines, there are considerable potential downsides to so-called ‘vaccine passports’.
The HPV vaccine is an effective prevention for cervical cancer, especially if adolescents get it before sexual debut.
For elite athletes, even mild COVID-19 vaccine side effects can throw their training plans off course. But they can plan ahead.
Using the physical representation of a public figure to provoke an emotional response and encourage a certain action is a well-known strategy. Can it work for the COVID-19 vaccine?
The clock starts ticking once the vaccine leaves the freezer. Here’s what to expect.
With a third of adults saying they likely won’t get the vaccine, the US has a herd immunity math problem.
How will governments convince enough people to get vaccinated to achieve herd immunity?
The pandemic will not end for anyone, anywhere until it is controlled in every country. Tanzania’s approach will make it that much harder for normality to return.
We mapped the genes of B cells to better understand why some develop immunity and others don’t.
Over 130 million doses have already been administered worldwide. It’s early days, but the signs are promising in places like Israel and the UK.
One university is showing how the vaccine corps concept can speed up vaccination rates, including launching a large-scale vaccination site staffed by hundreds of students and volunteers.
Americans with excess weight and obesity have been hit hard by COVID-19. Now there is reason to believe they may not get the same protection from the vaccines.
Employers like Pimlico Plumbers may want to get authoritarian about vaccinating those who work for them, but they’ll have a hard time justifying it in court.
Vaccine hesitancy will not go away fast. In fact, there are parallels in the physical world to how quickly or slowly an object returns to its normal state.
Whether an employer can insist on vaccination as a condition of employment is an ambiguous legal question, as shown by two recent unfair dismissal cases.
Getting pharmacies more involved could be a game changer, particularly for reaching minorities, older adults without internet access and others left behind.
Palestinian territories are impoverished and densely populated – ripe for the spread of coronavirus. Israel may have a practical as well as moral obligation to extend its vaccine program to them.
Getting a vaccine is proving difficult for many older people now, but the mad rush for the vaccine won’t last long. Many people don’t want to get one at all, and that will impede herd immunity.
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Professor, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Discipline of Childhood and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney
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Professor, Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sydney
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Hon Prof, Dept of Child & Adolescent Health, University of Sydney
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Regional Adviser, Immunisation, WHO Regional Office for Africa, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Infectious Diseases, Monash University
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Honorary Research Fellow, Macquarie University
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney
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Dean Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor of Vaccinology at University of the Witwatersrand; and Director of the SAMRC Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Principal Research Fellow, Burnet Institute
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Research Fellow, Vaccine Uptake Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Paediatrician, Infectious Diseases Physician and Clinical Microbiologist, Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia
