Psychiatrist Esther van Fenema about declining vaccination rates: ‘We should focus less on the injection and more on the fear behind it’

The headlines don’t lie: the vaccination rate in the Netherlands is declining and that is a cause for concern. Not only at the RIVM, but also among doctors who see parents having doubts every day with a baby on their lap. Now that the corona numbers are rising again, the call to ‘stay alert’ is being heard again in the media. Yet, as one newspaper aptly wrote, no one is queuing for a shot.

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