The anti-vaccination movement: an ally of the COVID-19
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Anti-vaccines, COVID-19, vaccines, research, pandemicsAbstract
The development of an effective vaccine that protects against the new coronavirus is expected to be the key to overcome the current pandemics. If the vaccine is administered to a majority of the people, this protection could eventually become global. Nevertheless, the growing anti-vaccine movement may hinder the herd effect and lengthen the virus persistence among the population. The present work argues in favor of a necessary debate on vaccination refusal, unavoidable within the framework of health emergency due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemics.
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