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Hope and camaraderie are stronger than fear

Your Local Epidemiologist

During the last two weeks, we’ve seen an avalanche of policies directed at dismantling our already hurting infrastructure for public health. One of the effects of this firestorm of destruction of public health agencies is that we are so busy dealing with the next one, we don’t have time to think about successes from yesterday.

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They're idiots. Why don't they trust us?

Your Local Epidemiologist

This is post 3 of 4 in this mini-series looking back at the public health communication around the COVID vaccines, why trust was lost, and where communication broke down. Social media content bashing antivaxxers is often popular because people who already trust vaccines cheer it on. Where is this frustration coming from?