This video explores vaccine hesitancy and herd immunity. This video contains some background information on vaccines in general and then continues to explain vaccine hesitancy and herd immunity. This video then explores herd immunity and vaccine hesitancy in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This video was made by McMaster University students Karanvir Nayyar, Niki Motameni, Madison Sunseth, and Sonia Kamran in collaboration with the Demystifying Research McMaster Program.
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