Pascal Barollier, chief engagement and information officer at Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, had an interesting experience last week.
“While attending a reception in the Geneva diplomatic circles, I was ‘assaulted’ by the wife of a retired ambassador after she saw ‘Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance’ on my name tag,” he recounted in a LinkedIn post. “She used classic antivax lines. ... I'm fairly used to these episodes and managed to bring it back to her grandchildren, who happened to be vaccinated,” he added.
Barollier uses the experience to talk about the rising measles emergency, suggesting that vaccine hesitancy continues to be more of an issue than some like to admit.