Vaccine frenzy
It’s been another busy week for COVID-19 news, and the dominant theme is stories related to vaccines – be it workplace requirements, misinformation, booster shots or anticipating that soon a vaccine will be available for children ages 5 and up.
As a health care journalist who has written many stories about vaccines myself (including for several years before COVID-19 came along), I know that vaccine hesitancy isn’t new, but what’s new for me personally and professionally is seeing such intense and polarized reactions to a topic that I cover.
Whether individuals decide to take the COVID-19 vaccines or not, my hope is that with time the rhetoric will calm down and more people will be able to realize – and benefit from – the scientific significance of this technology. Malaria, tuberculosis, hepatitis B, cystic fibrosis and even cancer are among the many diseases that plague humankind and currently have promising treatments emerging as a result, and I think most people can agree preventing or curing deadly diseases is a good thing.
Stay healthy,