How to write a letter to your vaccine hesitant friends

21 September 2021

Lauren Fuge

Lauren Fuge is a science journalist at Cosmos. She holds a BSc in physics from the University of Adelaide and a BA in English and creative writing from Flinders University.

We all know somebody who has concerns about vaccines. How do you address them?

YOUR COVID TOOLBOX is five-part series where Cosmos editor-at-large Elizabeth Finkel hunts down all the facts and figures you need to understand COVID-19 vaccines. Cosmos spoke to Finkel why she wrote a letter to her friends and what she has learned since.

A letter to my vaccine hesitant friends

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