Preventive Medicine: How to Motivate Iranian Citizens Vaccination Against COVID‑19?

Mousa Bamir, Atousa Pourshikhali, Ali Masoud

Abstract


Dear Editor, The rapid spread of Covid-19 vaccines has led to distrust and concerns about the safety of vaccines, which has directly increased the general suspicion of vaccine injection.[1] In global health emergencies (such as the COVID-19 epidemic), a more comprehensive range of information sources is often used to inform health-related measures.

Keywords


COVID‑19; Preventive Medicine; Vaccination

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