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Building Trust to Achieve Confidence in COVID-19 Vaccines

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JAMA Network Open
Published Online: October 20, 2020
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Douglas J. Opel, MD, MPH1,2;
Daniel A. Salmon, PhD, MPH3;
Edgar K. Marcuse, MD, MPH1
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  • 1Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle
  • 2Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle, Washington
  • 3Institute for Vaccine Safety, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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Kreps and colleagues’ survey1 of a national sample of US adults provides insights into how we might achieve the level of vaccine uptake needed to prevent the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This study lands at a critical moment for US public health. The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is surging, influenza season is looming, and the delivery of a vaccine to protect against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, appears imminent through the US government’s Operation Warp Speed initiative.

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Shared Decision Making and Communication Vaccination Public Health Coronavirus (COVID-19)
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Published: October 20, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.25672

Open Access: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC-BY License. © 2020 Opel DJ et al. JAMA Network Open.

Corresponding Author: Douglas J. Opel MD, MPH, Seattle Children’s Research Institute, 1900 Ninth Ave, M/S: JMB-6, Seattle, WA 98101 (djopel@uw.edu).

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Salmon reported receiving personal fees from Merck and grants from Walgreens outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

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