Mary Wilson
Well-known member
Published 25 February 2023
DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-023-02529-x
Mark R. Schleiss, Sallie R. Permar & Chandy C. John
Impact
DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-023-02529-x
Mark R. Schleiss, Sallie R. Permar & Chandy C. John
Impact
- The COVID-19 pandemic is not over, and its impact is just beginning to be felt on children.
- COVID-19 vaccines protect both the pregnant patient and newborns, and breastfeeding provides a key component of passive protective immunity.
- “Long COVID” has contributed to the current crisis in pediatric mental health, and vaccines confer protection against this long-term complication of COVID-19 disease.
- Vaccine misinformation is not only impacting compliance with maternal and pediatric COVID-19 immunization efforts, but also other routine childhood vaccinations.
- As a public health priority, we must improve our response to vaccine misinformation and find novel strategies to improve vaccine compliance.