New: hesitancyAll contenthive-129948krhive-196917steemzzanhive-183959hive-180932hive-185836hive-166405photographyuncommonlabhive-183397hive-150122hive-101145hive-188619hive-144064bitcoinhive-145157krsuccesshive-184714lifehive-193637hive-109690hive-103599hive-181136TrendingNewHotLikerszafrada (78)in vaccine • 2 years agoA heads up about vaccine disinformation.A lot of vaccine misinformation is of the "A flat earther told me that vaccines will change my genes!" variety.... but there's also a pretty fair bit of it that comes from relatively mainstream…bumblecat (78)in pandemic • 3 years agoVaccination rates among pregnant woman are worryingly low.This should be a much bigger deal in the news cycle honestly. Our vaccination rates among pregnant women are awful relative to the rest of adults. Particularly among black pregnant women. 74% of…zafrada (78)in covid • 3 years agoUkraine has another case of paralytic Polio.Ukraine has another case of paralytic Polio. This time in Zakarpattia oblast. An unvaccinated 12 year old girl. 4 other unvaccinated children are infected as well in the oblast. Those 4 other cases…zafrada (78)in covid • 3 years agoUkraine grapples with healthcare corruption amidst surging wave.Ukraine like the US has been grappling with how to handle medical professionals that spread misinformation around the coronavirus and the vaccines. A number of doctors/health systems have been…zafrada (78)in covid • 3 years agoUkraine is in dire straights.On October 26th, Rivne and Mykolaiv oblasts will enter the red epidemiological level. Ukraine nationally is now at 82.9 hospitalizations per 100k. That's higher than the worst US state peak…zafrada (78)in covid • 3 years agoRomania death curve highlights brutal reality of low vaccine uptake.Look at the death curve for Romania in this brutal Delta wave. Prior to this most recent wave Romania had already suffered so much. Through July their excess death rate was #14 in the world with 338…nooses (78)in wapo • 3 years agoPIss-poor reporting by The Washington Post.In a lengthy WaPo article about the low covid vaccination rates among members of the U.S. armed forces, there is not a single quote by anyone who refuses to be vaccinated and not a single reason…zafrada (78)in covid • 3 years agoVaccination matters.Ukraine has its first case of Polio in more than 6 years. An 18 month old girl from Rivne oblast is now paralyzed. The girl's parents said they did not vaccinate her for religious reasons. In…bumblecat (78)in covid • 3 years agoThe Delta wave is going to hit the vaccine hesitant Ukrainians really hard.Ukraine is at 13% fully vaccinated. Rivnenska oblast is only 10% fully vaccinated. The Donbas is only at 4% fully vaccinated. Kyivska oblast has the highest vaccination rate in Ukraine at 19% fully…zafrada (78)in covid • 3 years agoUkraine faces it's biggest test against delta yet.I'm very quite concerned about Ukraine. The Delta wave is upon the country. Test positivity is up to 12%. Up 200% since late June when Delta was first detected. Cases are up 380% since then.…pomeline (79)in covid • 3 years agoPlease don't be like Phil Valentine.Even if you got infected with the coronavirus, please get at least one dose of the vaccine. The risk of reinfection is now higher with Delta. Especially so if you weren't infected recently. Those…nooses (78)in vaccine • 3 years agoPeople are relying on media portrayals without thinking through what’s actually going on and the implications of what they want.I didn’t think I would make one of these posts, but I’ve been feeling for awhile that it might be a good idea to. Brace yourselves — it’s a long one, and it’s about “the media” and vaccines. I am…flexbooth (78)in vaccination • 4 years agoAnalysing Russia's dismal vaccination rate (lowest of any large city in Europe)For people interested in Russian events, particularly pertaining to how their vaccination campaign is going, here is an article on how it is going in Russia. The answer is: very badly. I don't…zafrada (78)in covid • 4 years agoKFF's latest vaccine polling.Overall we are finally hitting the expected vaccine hesitancy wall, so vaccination rates are slowing significantly. Only 9% of adults as of the second half of April remained to be vaccinated among…zafrada (78)in vaccine • 4 years agoJ&J vaccine pause plays more into anti-vax irrationality.This has come up again with the J&J vaccine pause, but I'm curious how we should approach risk perception with vaccines and in general with public irrationality. Let me just preface if I was in…zafrada (78)in covid • 4 years agoNew update of KFF's vaccine monitor.Here's some highlights. Vaccine hesitancy continues to decline as more people get the vaccine. I'm pretty optimistic that most people are going to get the vaccine. However there might be large…pomeline (79)in covid • 4 years agoVaccine hesitancy and non-medical exemptions. I'll be interested in how the pandemic affects general vaccine hesitancy and vaccine mandate policies. In recent years with the rise in Measles outbreaks, a number of states have curtailed their…zafrada (78)in covid • 4 years agoKFF COVID Vaccine Survey results for Feb. New update to the KFF Vaccine Monitor survey for February. I had meant to post about January's data. Not a whole lot has changed in the polling, but some decrease in vaccine hesitancy in the wait…
