My patients used to be enthusiastic about the Covid-19 vaccine. What changed?

A newer, more vague vaccine hesitancy is emerging, and a New York doctor has some advice on how to stop it.

Health professionals everywhere are hearing this kind of hesitance among patients. PHOTO: REUTERS
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The response has been almost like clockwork, at nearly every medical visit in the last few weeks.

“It’s time for the flu shot,” I’ll say to my patients, “plus the updated Covid-19 vaccine.” And that’s when the groans start.

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