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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and related factors among primary health care workers in a district of Istanbul: A cross-sectional study from Turkey

BMJ

Introductory article to İkİIşik H, Sezerol MA, Taşçı Y, et alCOVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and related factors among primary healthcare workers in a district of Istanbul: a cross-sectional study from TurkeyFamily Medicine and Community Health 2022;10:e001430. 29% (n=86) of the participants were undecided about getting vaccinated.

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Episode 145: Antiracism in Medicine Series Episode 3 – Structural Inequities and the Pandemic’s Winter Surge

The Clinical Problem Solvers

When it comes to pandemics more broadly, the role of non-pharmaceutical interventions, like mask wearing, social distancing, and stay at home orders, must be recognized for their robust potential to reduce disease spread and burden. If anything, COVID-19 has removed “the veil” and made the extent of the inequities in this country very clear.