Overcoming vaccine hesitancy and access issues has become even more critical because of the COVID-19 pandemic, public health experts argued at a recent webinar hosted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
“Strengthening vaccine access and confidence today is more important than ever because … all across the globe we are dealing with the [COVID-19] pandemic,” Nancy Messonnier, MD, director for the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said at last week’s event.