After a year-long fight to find safe and effective solutions to help address COVID-19, government officials and healthcare communities worldwide have finally begun rolling out COVID-19 vaccines to ensure they are available to the people that need them most. Despite these rollouts, and the heightened importance of prioritizing vaccinations now more than ever in order to help end the global pandemic, surveys are showing that younger individuals are significantly less likely to get vaccinated compared to older generations, due to distrust in the speed of the approval process, ‘invincible syndrome,’ and feeling impervious to harm, as well as miseducation. Tune in as Pierre R. Theodore, MD, VP, Global Surgery Medical Affairs, J&J Global Public Health, and Cedric ‘Jamie’ Rutland, MD, certified Pulmonologist and National Spokesperson for the American Lung Association, discuss best practices for reaching and educating hesitant individuals among younger generations on vaccine education to boost vaccine confidence.

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