Vaccination Hesitation

Some people don’t trust the Covid-19 vaccine. We’ll hear about their concerns in this Harklist and the risks that they're taking. We’ll also get a sense of the history of vaccine hesitancy and how to best persuade others to get the shot.

Some people don’t trust the Covid-19 vaccine. We’ll hear about their concerns in this H... more

Curated byJeffrey L. Katz, Hark Editor

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A Bleak Outlook For Those Not Vaccinated From Covid

The stakes have been raised this summer for those not vaccinated from covid-19. The Delta variant has seen to that. Infectious disease physician Rebecca Wurtz told the After The Fact podcast that the unvaccinated ought to just stay home.

A Bleak Outlook For Those Not Vaccinated From Covid

After the Fact

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Exploring the Origins of Vaccine Hesitancy

There’s a wonderful history to vaccinating people from disease, as well as some horrible acts performed in the name of science. Professors Sue Lederer and Judy Houck traced some of both in the Ask A Historian podcast.

Exploring the Origins of Vaccine Hesitancy

Ask a Historian

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Widening the Public’s Health Interests Beyond the Vaccine

Mary Williams is a nurse in Clinton, Mississippi, an area that’s been especially hard hit by the Delta variant. She hesitated before finally getting the covid vaccine. She told the podcast Today, Explained that she still doesn’t push it on others.

Widening the Public’s Health Interests Beyond the Vaccine

Today, Explained

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The Roots of Black Distrust in the Health Care System

Public health experts have had a challenge convincing some Black people to get vaccinated. Harriet Washington studies the history of medical ethics. She told the Code Switch podcast that it’s an understandable response to medical history.

The Roots of Black Distrust in the Health Care System

Code Switch

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The Catholic Church, Covid & Demeaning the Unvaccinated

Michael Voris founded the Church Militant, a right-wing Catholic website. On the podcast The Vortex Feed, he talked about how Catholic churches might vary from state-to-state depending on where they were located and their views on the covid vaccine.

The Catholic Church, Covid & Demeaning the Unvaccinated

Church Militant The Vortex Feed

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Vaccination Skeptics Don’t Want to Feel Bullied

Christian fundamentalists who are concerned about the safety of the covid vaccine can easily find skeptics who agree with them. Host Michael Brown of Line of Fire Radio says calling the unvaccinated ignorant makes the circumstances worse.

Vaccination Skeptics Don’t Want to Feel Bullied

Line of Fire Radio

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Analyzing the Politics Driving the Anti-Vaccine Movement

Hard-core opponents of vaccines often evoke the right to individual freedom. Physician and scientist Peter Hotez says there’s a political component to their movement, too, and a strong anti-science sentiment. He spoke on The Peter Attia Drive.

Analyzing the Politics Driving the Anti-Vaccine Movement

The Peter Attia Drive

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Why My Decision to Get Vaccinated is Not Your Business

Meghan Walker, a former naturopathic doctor, got vaccinated for covid. But she believes strongly that getting the shot is an individual decision that should not be forced upon by others. She spoke on the Entrepology Podcast.

Why My Decision to Get Vaccinated is Not Your Business

IMPACT

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How to Reach Very Different Vaccine-Hesitant Groups

So, how to finally convince the unvaccinated that they’re safer with the covid vaccine? Political scientist Prerna Singh says there’s no simple answer because opposition comes from very different groups. She spoke on the podcast Trending Globally.

How to Reach Very Different Vaccine-Hesitant Groups

Trending Globally: Politics and Policy

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Vaccination Hesitation

A Bleak Outlook For Those Not Vaccinated From Covid

After the Fact

Exploring the Origins of Vaccine Hesitancy

Ask a Historian

Widening the Public’s Health Interests Beyond the Vaccine

Today, Explained

The Roots of Black Distrust in the Health Care System

Code Switch

The Catholic Church, Covid & Demeaning the Unvaccinated

Church Militant The Vortex Feed

Vaccination Skeptics Don’t Want to Feel Bullied

Line of Fire Radio

Analyzing the Politics Driving the Anti-Vaccine Movement

The Peter Attia Drive

Why My Decision to Get Vaccinated is Not Your Business

IMPACT

How to Reach Very Different Vaccine-Hesitant Groups

Trending Globally: Politics and Policy

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