Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/89NcqXjpYP0   CoVid vaccine hesitancy dropped by a factor of one-third from this past winter to spring.  This the conclusion of an epidemiological study from Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh that surveyed more than 5 million US adults. (5,121,436)   Vaccine hesitancy dropped the most in communities of color.  Persistent vaccine hesitancy risk factors include: younger age, non-Asian ethicity, those with a PhD or less than a high school diploma, rural residents, red county residents, lack of concern about CoVid, those working outside the home, those never avoiding contact with others, those who were not vaccinated against the flu, those fearing side effects, those with governmental distrust, and those with a wait and see attitude.   https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.07.20.21260795v1.full.pdf+html   #vaccine #CoVid #hesitancy