Will vaccine hesitancy compromise our efforts to face the next SARS-CoV-2 epidemic wave?

• Main Authors: Laura Sticchi (Author), Lucia Taramasso (Author), Antonio Di Biagio (Author), Dario Olobardi (Author), Giancarlo Icardi (Author), Matteo Bassetti (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We have checked the vaccination history of 389 elderly patients (62.9% males, mean age of 78.5 + 8.4 years) hospitalized for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pneumonia. Information regarding pneumococcal vaccination was available for 354 patients (91.0%): the overall vacc...