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that had voted for Biden in the Presidential Election. The probability of vaccination rose with age, was considerably … with lower anxiety, worry and depression and was associated with higher vaccination rates, it also increased the …
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We report a large-scale randomized controlled trial designed to assess whether the partisan cue of a provaccine message from Donald Trump would induce Americans to get COVID-19 vaccines. Our study involved presenting a 27-second advertisement to millions of U.S. YouTube users in October 2021....
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mask-wearing serve, in part, as substitutes for social distancing. Provision of a vaccination is the only intervention that … unambiguously reduces both the peak infection level and the herd immunity level of infection. Adoption of vaccination remains … limited in a decentralized equilibrium, with resulting reproductive rate of disease Rt > 1 at the conclusion of vaccination …
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We evaluate the impact of government mandated proof of vaccination requirements for access to public venues and non … provincial vaccination rates and 790,000 or more first doses for Canada as a whole as of October 31, 2021 (5 to 13 weeks after … the provincial mandate announcements). We also find large vaccination gains in France (3 to 5 mln first doses), Italy …
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Recent outbreaks of infectious pathogens such as Zika, Ebola, and COVID-19 have underscored the need for the dependable availability of vaccines against emerging infectious diseases (EIDs). The cost and risk of R&D programs and uniquely unpredictable demand for EID vaccines have discouraged...
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By age two a child who is up to date for immunizations will have received up to 19 shots delivered over eight visits at a market cost of $525 dollars for the vaccines alone, a far more expensive and demanding regimen that the 8 shots received in 1987. In recognition of the potential importance...
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benefits from the policies' primary aim of increasing vaccination rates with the existing technology. These results suggest …
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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced countries to make difficult ethical choices, e.g., how to balance public health and socioeconomic activity and whom to prioritize in allocating vaccines or other scarce medical resources. We discuss the implications of benefit-cost analysis, utilitarianism, and...
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cross-disease effects by using data on neo-natal tetanus vaccination through the Expanded Programme on Immunization of the …
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The U.S. tuberculosis movement pioneered many of the strategies of modern public health campaigns. Dedicated to eradicating a specific disease, it was spearheaded by voluntary associations and supported by the sale of Christmas seals. Although remarkable in its scope and intensity, the...
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