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Vaccine Skepticism Is Soaring Amid Heightened Government Hype and Steps to Hide Unwelcome Data

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Vaccine Skepticism Is Soaring Amid Heightened Government Hype and Steps to Hide Unwelcome Data
A nurse holds a syringe with a COVID-19 vaccine in New York City on Feb. 25, 2021. Jeenah Moon/Reuters
Lawrence Solomon
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How might governments counter the high rate of vaccine skepticism that’s foiling their plans to reach herd immunity? According to Gallup’s 2020 World Poll, 1 billion people indicated they would refuse a COVID-19 vaccine, with rates of skepticism especially high in the developed world.
Lawrence Solomon
Lawrence Solomon
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Lawrence Solomon is an Epoch Times columnist, a former National Post and Globe and Mail columnist, and the executive director of Toronto-based Energy Probe and Consumer Policy Institute. He is the author of seven books, including “The Deniers,” a No. 1 environmental best-seller in both the United States and Canada.
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