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Center for Health Policy | Biomedical Research | Commentary

Uncoupling Vaccination from Politics

September 17, 2021 | Rekha Lakshmanan, Peter J. Hotez

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Rekha Lakshmanan

Nonresident Fellow, Center for Health Policy

Peter J. Hotez

Senior Fellow in Disease and Humanity

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By Joshua M. Sharfstein

, Timothy Callaghan, 
Richard M. Carpiano, 
Sema K. Sgaier
, Noel T. Brewer, 
Alison P. Galvani, 
Rekha Lakshmanan
, Sarah Ann M. McFadden
, Dorit R. Reiss, 
Daniel A. Salmon 
and Peter J. Hotez


"This is a moment to prioritise health over short-term political calculations," write fellow Peter Hotez, Rekha Lakshmanan
 and nine other experts in a Lancet commentary. Click here for their call for action against anti-vaccine rhetoric and COVID-19 misinformation, and five short-term recommendations.

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