COVID19 meets the antivaccine movement

doi:10.1016/j.micinf.2020.05.010

Editorial

. 2020 May-Jun;22(4-5):162-164.

doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2020.05.010. Epub 2020 May 19.

COVID19 meets the antivaccine movement

Peter J Hotez¹

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¹ Texas Children's Center for Vaccine Development, Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, USA. Electronic address: hotez@bcm.edu.

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DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2020.05.010

Editorial

COVID19 meets the antivaccine movement

Peter J Hotez. Microbes Infect. 2020 May-Jun.

. 2020 May-Jun;22(4-5):162-164.

doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2020.05.010. Epub 2020 May 19.

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Peter J Hotez¹

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¹ Texas Children's Center for Vaccine Development, Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, USA. Electronic address: hotez@bcm.edu.

PMID: 32442682
PMCID: PMC7235572
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2020.05.010

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Declaration of Competing Interest The author is involved in the development of vaccines against coronaviruses including COVID19.

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Weekly changes in Vaccines for Children Program (VFC) provider orders∗ and Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) doses administered^† for routine pediatric vaccines — United States, January 6–April 19, 2020. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6919e2.htm?s_cid=mm6919e2_x.

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[1] Santoli J.M., Lindley M.C., DeSilva M.B., Kharbanda E.O., Daley M.F., Galloway L. Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on routine pediatric vaccine ordering and administration. Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020;69(19):591–593. - PubMed

[2] Santoli J.M., Lindley M.C., DeSilva M.B., Kharbanda E.O., Daley M.F., Galloway L. Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on routine pediatric vaccine ordering and administration. Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020;69(19):591–593. - PubMed

[3] Hotez P. The physician-scientist: defending vaccines and combating antiscience. J Clin Invest. 2019;129:2169–2171. - PMC - PubMed

[4] Hotez P. The physician-scientist: defending vaccines and combating antiscience. J Clin Invest. 2019;129:2169–2171. - PMC - PubMed

[5] Patel M., Lee A.D., Clemmons N.S., Redd S.B., Poser S., Blog D. National update on measles cases and outbreaks, United States, January 1–October 1, 2019. Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2019;68:893–896. - PMC - PubMed

[6] Patel M., Lee A.D., Clemmons N.S., Redd S.B., Poser S., Blog D. National update on measles cases and outbreaks, United States, January 1–October 1, 2019. Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2019;68:893–896. - PMC - PubMed

[7] Tully T., Offerman S., Hoffman J. How anti-vaccine activists doomed a bill in New Jersey. New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/16/nyregion/nj-vaccinations-religious-ex...

[8] Tully T., Offerman S., Hoffman J. How anti-vaccine activists doomed a bill in New Jersey. New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/16/nyregion/nj-vaccinations-religious-ex...

[9] Dempsey C., Blanco A. Hartford Courant. Vaccination bill hearing ends after anti-vaccine parents pull all-nighter in protest. https://www.courant.com/politics/hc-pol-vaccine-hearing-finishes-2020022...

[10] Dempsey C., Blanco A. Hartford Courant. Vaccination bill hearing ends after anti-vaccine parents pull all-nighter in protest. https://www.courant.com/politics/hc-pol-vaccine-hearing-finishes-2020022...

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