Jesna John¹ , Kevin Sneed² and Yashwant V Pathak³*

¹Judy Genshaft Honors College, University of South Florida, USA
²Taneja College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, USA
³Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia

*Corresponding Author: Yashwant V Pathak, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia.

Received: May 19, 2022; Published: July 15, 2022

Abstract

This review paper will seek to investigate how the changing climate on vaccinations as it relates to COVID impacts public health, vaccine law and the various factors affecting vaccination rates.

The paper shows that a multitude of factors affect vaccination rates. This includes but is not limited to fear of side effects and mistrust of the government due to the speed in which the vaccine came out. But it is not only people who oppose vaccines that are the reason behind why vaccine rates are low. There are also people who don't get the vaccine because they don't want to find the time. The low vaccine rates can be fought by educating the general public on the importance of immunizations in ending this pandemic. The changing climate on vaccinations also affects public health because it prevents herd immunity from being achieved. If herd immunity isn't achieved cases will continue to rise and the populations that can be vaccinated such as newborns will be put at greater risk. Lastly, the changing climate also affected vaccine law because states are unable to mandate immunizations like they can do with other common vaccinations such as meningitis. Peoples hesitancy to get the vaccine has tied the hands of the state and they can no longer require the COVID shot at schools or workplaces.

Keywords: Covid -19; Vaccine Scene; Resistance to Vaccine; Access to Vaccines; Public Health Challenges due to Vaccine; Vaccine Hesitancy for Covid-19 Vaccine

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Citation

Citation: Yashwant V Pathak., et al. “Changing Climate on Vaccine Hesitancy as it Relates to the COVID19 Pandemic”.Acta Scientific Medical Sciences 6.8 (2022): 56-63.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2022 Yashwant V Pathak., et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.