Data suggests skepticism and misinformation surrounding COVID vaccines threatens other public health priorities. Public health agencies are fighting the falsehoods and working to rebuild public trust.
released Dec. 16. Suspicion swirling around once-trusted vaccines, and fatigue from so many shots, is likely to blame.
This made their response to a once-in-a-century public health crisis challenging and often inadequate. For example, during COVID-19’s early days, many local health departments, public health director at the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.At the start of the pandemic, Traxler said, only two people worked on the media relations and public outreach team at South Carolina’s health department. Now, the team has eight.
A technician on Nov. 17, 2022, displays storage packs of Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines that are being readied for use at a clinic in Richmond, Virginia. To that end, the health department has partnered with local leaders and groups to encourage vaccinations. Agency staffers have also become more comfortable talking to the press, she said, to better communicate with the public.that agencies are still failing on messaging.
Most Americans support public health, Castrucci said. At the same time, a small but vocal minority pushes an anti-science agenda and has been effective in sowing seeds of distrust, he said.
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