Hospital Infection Control & Prevention – November 1, 2020
November 1, 2020
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Trust but Verify: IPs, Colleagues Await a SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine
Although there is broad concern about the rapid pace and oversight of COVID-19 vaccine development, infection preventionists are ready to trust the time-honored protocols and process for safety and efficacy.
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Ethical Framework for Prioritizing Healthcare Workers for Vaccine
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisors cited ethical reasons for selecting healthcare workers as first to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
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Expert: Anti-Vaxxers Will Try to Undermine Pandemic Vaccine
In a move that threatens uptake of an eventual SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, the nation’s anti-vaccine movement is framing an immunization refusal strategy based on civil rights arguments that likely will be underscored by conspiracy theories.
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Flu Vaccination Hesitancy in the Time of COVID-19
Despite heavy emphasis on seasonal influenza immunization during the ongoing pandemic, only 59% of U.S. adults said they will get the vaccinated this year, a survey by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) reveals.
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COVID-19 Mutations not Expected to Elude Vaccine
Despite the unknowns, veteran researchers and epidemiologists are expressing fairly high confidence that a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 will be developed.