Several public health officials joined forces Thursday to discuss the importance and efficacy of routine vaccines, as flu and RSV start to increase nationally, with COVID almost certain to follow s…
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 17: Dr. Sara Cody, Health Officer and Director of Public Health for the County of Santa Clara, speaks during a press conference about the COVID-19 booster vaccine at Santa Clara County Fairgrounds Expo Hall in San Jose, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 17, 2022.
The panel, hosted by the Big Cities Health Coalition, a group that works with the nation’s largest urban health departments, included Santa Clara County’s Health Officer, Dr. Sara Cody, and the public health officers from Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Shelby County, Tennessee, and Columbus, Ohio.
While they all emphasized the efficacy of vaccines, and the importance of getting the word out, the public health officials also acknowledged a new approach for communicating with the public is necessary, because misinformation and distrust of vaccines has only grown in recent years amid the pandemic, and well-known vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to be Trump’s nominee as secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
“It’s that kind of hyper-local engagement that will help us go against any sort of misinformation or disinformation that’s out there,” Washington said.
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