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Monika Schmid, Professor of Linguistics, University of York

Multilingual people may be more likely to take a vaccine if they read about it in English – new research

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Even before COVID turned the world upside down, the World Health Organisation (WHO) identified reluctance to take vaccines as one of the ten biggest threats to global health.

According to the WHO, vaccines prevent millions of deaths globally each year. They are one of the most cost-effective ways of controlling global disease.

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