Needle Points:
Why so many are hesitant to get the COVID vaccines, and what we can do about it.LINK: https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/science/articles/needle-points-vaccinations-chapter-four
Vaccination has saved millions of lives, and is based on a series of brilliant observations, spelled out here. So, how is it, in the midst of a pandemic, that many people who often accept vaccination for other conditions, are reluctant to take COVID vaccines? This is Tablet’s exploration into the sources and nature of COVID vaccine hesitancy, how our mental and brain circuitry responses to contagion almost guarantee that our discussions of vaccines become emotionally radioactive, for both sides of the debate, and divide us, and how to do better.