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How to improve vaccine uptake: a huge study offers clues

An analysis of more than one million people in the UK found that two-thirds of people who were vaccine-hesitant during the COVID-19 pandemic went on to get vaccinated.
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  1. Brian Owens

    1. Brian Owens is a a freelance science writer based in St. Stephen, New Brunswick.

Although some people were initially hesitant to be vaccinated against COVID-19 during the pandemic, many did eventually go on to get at least one dose, according to a study of more than one million people in the United Kingdom1.

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Nature 649, 805-806 (2026)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-00092-z

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  1. Whitaker, M. et al. Lancet https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01912-9 (2026).

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