Flu hospitalizations are arriving early this fall, and Johns Hopkins experts say a physician's recommendation remains patients' best path to vaccination, while a new mRNA flu vaccine faces a coverage question.
|Articles|May 21, 2021
Six things doctors can do to build trust in COVID-19 vaccines
Author(s)Jeff Bendix, Senior Editor, Logan Lutton
Nearly 80% of Americans say they’ll seek advice from health care providers when making the decision on whether or not to get the vaccine.
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*Source: The de Beaumont Foundation, “Changing the COVID Conversation”
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