Archives of Epidemiology & Public Health Research(AEPHR)

California Northstate University, College of Medicine, Elk Grove, CA 95757, USA

Publications

• Review Article   
  The Anti-Vaccine Sentiment in America: A Barrier Against COVID-19 Elimination and National Health Wellbeing
  Author(s): Bahaar Kaur Muhar*, Ashwin Sidhu and Satori Iwamoto
  
  COVID-19 has had an immense global impact as evidenced by the 538 million infections and 6.32 million deaths recorded globally since June 2022. Americans experienced loss from over 975,000 COVID-19 deaths and many people lost their jobs while others struggled with working from home. Moreover, education suffered from fully remote online teaching and medical care providers worked overtime to save lives. The development of COVID-19 vaccines, by Pfizer and Moderna for example, brought hope for an end to the pandemic. However, apart from vaccine creation, other factors such as patient willingness is necessary to build immunity against the COVID-19 infection. Not all Americans optimistically embraced the COVID-19 vaccines. Though FDA-approved for safety and efficacy, only half of the American population is fully vaccinated as of September 2021. A major root of the anti-vaccine sentiment ste.. Read More»
  

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