COVID Vaccine Hesitancy: Dr. Wrenetha Julion

<strong>Podcast</strong>: <a href="https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/how-do-we-fix-it-daviescontent-D2GjIlLRm4o/">How Do We Fix It?</a> (LS 42 &middot; TOP 2% <a href="https://www.listennotes.com/listen-score/"><small>what is this?</small></a>)<br><strong>Episode</strong>: <a href="https://www.listennotes.com/e/53a563dcd4d943fd857d61435ec76579/">COVID Vaccine Hesitancy: Dr. Wrenetha Julion</a><br><strong>Pub date</strong>: 2021-02-12<br><br><img src="https://cdn-images-1.listennotes.com/podcasts/how-do-we-fix-it-davies-content-D2GjIlLRm4o.300x300.jpg" width="150" height="150"></img><br><p>More than 10% of the U.S. population&nbsp;<a href="https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/at-this-early-stage-of-the-covid-19-vaccine-roll-out-most-older-adults-have-not-yet-been-vaccinated-as-supply-remains-limited/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">has received</a>&nbsp;at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, but injection rates are lower in black and brown communities, and many people express doubts about the shots made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna. Vaccine&nbsp;hesitancy presents a barrier in the fight against coronavirus.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2020/12/03/intent-to-get-a-covid-19-vaccine-rises-to-60-as-confidence-in-research-and-development-process-increases/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A recent poll</a>&nbsp;by Pew Research Center found that "Black Americans continue to stand out as less inclined to get vaccinated than other racial and ethnic groups: 42% would do so, compared with 63% of Hispanic and 61% of White adults."</p><p><br></p><p>Our guest,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.rushu.rush.edu/faculty/wrenetha-julion-nursing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dr. Wrenetha Julion</a>, professor and department chair at Rush University College of Nursing, discusses&nbsp;causes of vaccine hesitancy and how to encourage more people to take a high-effective vaccine against the virus.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Vaccine hesitancy "is