Skeptic Check: Anti-Vax

Published: Aug. 9, 2021, 3:25 p.m.

They were developed in a matter of months, and they\u2019re 90 percent effective at stopping infection. They protect against serious illness or death. And yet, roughly one-third of Americans refuse to get the Covid vaccine.\nHow can this be? How could something that our ancestors would have considered a miracle be refused by so many? The reasons are many, and not all are because of an anti-vax attitude. We talk to health professionals to learn what\u2019s stopping the public from stopping the pandemic.\nGuests:\n\n\nPaul Offit\xa0\u2013 Pediatrician and Director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children\u2019s Hospital of Philadelphia\n\n\nTanagne Haile-Mariam\xa0\u2013 Professor of Emergency Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine\n\n\nNsikan\xa0Akpan\xa0\u2013 Former Health and Science Editor for New York Public Radio\n\n\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices