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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A lot of people aren’t opposed to vaccinating their kids, they just don’t think it’s important so they don’t bother. They’ll take their kids to the required annual checkups, the doctor will say “…and they need their COVID shot…” and the kids will get at least the first shot.

I have no basis for believing this, but it sounds good, doesn’t it?[/quote]

This is exactly what's happening at my sister's clinic.  Parents walk in, initially are hesitate to vaccinate, leave with a vaccinated kid. The majority of people just need information from a source that they trust, and that's their family doctor.  Especially in DC, we're not dealing with MAGA idiots.  [/quote]

Correct.  Vaccine resistance in DC is mostly due to 1)ignorance---about the value of vaccine, side effects, even how to find it, etc.  2)some fear of it being a medical experiment 3)general life chaos--vaccination is not a top priority for some that are homeless, addicts, etc.

The first two are generally overcome by 1)ideally a long-term relationship with a PCP (which is ideal and makes vaccination very easy  2)some solid education--maybe over the course of 1-2 interactions.

It's nothing like dealing with the anti-vax types or MAGA types.

---I'm a nurse case manager who works for one of the DC Medicaid plans and have spend the past year getting people vaccinated.  [/quote]

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