摘要: |
Sometime very soon-if it hasn't happened already-the United States will reach a point at which the supply of vaccines for COVID-19 will outrun demand. Hundreds of millions of vaccine doses have been given. Restrictions on outdoor activities are gradually being relaxed. Discrepancies in vaccine availability among the different states are declining, although states are differing in the timing and scale of how they are easing restrictions on outdoor activities. Some of the expected reduction in demand for the vaccines, however, is due to what is being called vaccine hesitancy, based on misperceptions about risk, fueled in some cases by misinformation. Some studies indicate that hesitancy is strongest among younger people who grew up with social media, where rumors and misinformation can be amplified. |