Building COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence Through Effective Communication and Community Engagement
tag Ensuring acceptance and trust for the COVID-19 vaccines is critical to achieving herd immunity, protecting the most vulnerable populations, and reopening social and economic life. Organizations such as the Kaiser Family Foundation are regularly tracking COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and found about 31% of US adults are hesitant to get a vaccine. Many Americans, especially Black and Latinx/Hispanic adults, would prefer to “wait and see” on how the vaccine is working for other people before getting it themselves. As COVID-19 vaccination efforts continue in cities and states across the coun...