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Oct 2020
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Will People Accept a COVID-19 Vaccine? W...

AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
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Scientists are racing to develop a safe, effective, vaccine for COVID-19 – but will people be willing to take it when it's available? We already have a flu vaccine, but less than half of Americans get it each year. Gretchen Chapman, PhD, a cognitive psychologist who studies health behavior, discusses why people choose to get vaccinated–or not–and how policym ... Show More
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