What Is Vaccine Hesitancy and Herd Immunity?

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  Video
Duration:
5 minutes
Presented by:
UCLA Child & Youth Behavioral Health Center of Excellence
Featuring:
Sung-Jae Lee, PhD and Domenique Harrison, MA, MPH
Series:
Moving the Needle Towards Acceptance: Discussing the COVID-19 Vaccine With Our Los Angeles Community
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Community Engagement
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Overview

COVID-19 vaccine acceptance is critical to creating indirect protection for our greater community. Delaying receipt of the COVID-19 vaccine may result in higher infection rates and potential outbreaks across multiple communities. Here to discuss vaccine hesitancy, herd immunity, and effective strategies to promote vaccine acceptance is Dr. Jae Lee, Professor and Epidemiologist at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.

  Keywords: COVID-19, family, health
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Learning objectives

  • Explore ways to encourage folks to move closer to vaccine acceptance
  • Define herd immunity and how it protects our most vulnerable populations, including children, those with vaccine allergies, and those who are severely immunocompromised
  • Define herd immunity’s significance within one’s family and the importance of those who are vaccine eligible to get vaccinated for everyone’s safety

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Added on 9/13/2021   ·   Last updated on 9/13/2021