Journal Article

Announcing the Lancet Commission on Vaccine Refusal, Acceptance, and Demand in the USA

Carpiano, Richard M., Elharake, Jad A., DiResta, Renee, Sharfstein, Joshua M., Omer, Saad B., Hotez, Peter J., McFadden, SarahAnn M., Opel, Douglas J., Mello, Michelle M., Brewer, Noel T., Lakshmanan, Rekha, Reiss, Dorit R., Callaghan, Timothy, Flowers, Lisa C., Cooney, Rebecca E., Galvani, Alison P., Clinton, Chelsea, Salmon, Daniel A., Benjamin, Regina M., Schwartz, Jason L., Maldonado, Yvonne A., Buttenheim, Alison M., Caplan, Arthur

2021

Overview

[...]we will model the public health implications of what will happen in the future if present trends in vaccine hesitancy, refusal, and acceptance continue. [...]Commissioners will determine the role of anti-vaccine organisations (and in some cases foreign governments) in suppressing vaccine acceptance through media or political activities. [...]we will make recommendations to shape a new public policy for ensuring high vaccine acceptance in the USA. Texas Children's Center for Vaccine Development, Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology and Microbiology, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA (PJH); Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA (PJH); Hagler Institute for Advanced Study at Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA (PJH); James A Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA (PJH); Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA (PJH); The Lancet, New York, NY, USA (REC); Gulf States Health Policy Center, Bayou La Batre, AL, USA (RMB); Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA (NTB); Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA (NTB); Department of Family and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, and Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA (AMB); Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA (TC); New York University Langone School of Medicine, New York University, New York, NY, USA (AC); School of Public Policy, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA (RMC);

• Publisher: Elsevier Ltd,Elsevier Limited
• Subject: Coronaviruses / COVID-19 vaccines / Disease transmission / Health policy / Immunization / Incentives / Infectious diseases / Influenza / Low income groups / Measles / Medicine / Microbiology / Mortality / Nursing / Pandemics / Pediatrics / Public health / Public policy / School districts / Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 / Social networks / Trends / Vaccine development / Vaccines