Comment on “Parents’ and healthcare professionals’ views and attitudes toward anti-vaccination”

• Published in: Gülhane tıp dergisi Vol. 64; no. 3; pp. 285 - 286
• Main Author: Karasahin, Kazim Emre
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ankara Galenos Yayinevi Tic. Ltd 01-09-2022; Gulhane Medical Journal; Galenos Publishing House
• Subjects: anti-vaccination; anti-vaxxer; Coronaviruses; COVID-19 vaccines; Epidemics; Medical personnel; Professional ethics; Public health; Public opinion; vaccination
• ISSN: 1302-0471; 2146-8052
• DOI: 10.4274/gulhane.galenos.2022.96729

[...]for some, “vaccination isn’t just an individual choice; it protects those who can’t be vaccinated” as mentioned in (2). Since the outbreak of Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) began, there have been many extreme views: Vaccination of a critical number of individuals in a certain population reducing the risk of outbreaks of infectious diseases and protecting other members of the community has also been mentioned by Karabulut and Zengin (1). [...]the importance and necessity of education cannot be denied, and providing reliable information to anti-vaccine community is the best way to promote the overall health of the populations, but as this takes a long time, in urgent events such as the unexpected pandemic we faced recently, strict global measures may have to be taken for the good of the people.