WHO Releases Top 10 Health Threats Of 2019, Including Vaccine Hesitancy

TIME: Anti-Vax Movement Listed by World Health Organization as One of the Top 10 Health Threats for 2019
“The World Health Organization (WHO) has listed vaccine hesitancy — the delay in acceptance or refusal of vaccines despite their availability — as one of its top 10 health threats facing the world in 2019. The phenomenon has taken hold in a number of countries around the world in recent times, notably, in the U.S…” (Georgiou, 1/15).

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