Vaccines for Older Children a Good Step Forward: Johns Hopkins

The video discusses the importance of increasing vaccination rates to achieve herd immunity, especially among children aged 12 to 15, to facilitate school reopening. It highlights the current challenge of vaccine hesitancy, which has slowed down vaccination rates. The video also addresses concerns about vaccine side effects in younger populations and the risk-benefit analysis conducted by health authorities. Finally, it outlines the need to vaccinate a significant portion of the population to transition COVID-19 from a pandemic to a manageable endemic, similar to the flu.

What factors contribute to vaccine hesitancy as mentioned in the text?

What is the expected outcome once a significant portion of the population is vaccinated?