Introduction
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DISEASE, INFECTION, VIRUS, SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME
First identified in January of 2020, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has resulted in significant morbidity and mortality, while also disrupting societies and economies on a global scale (Over the months following authorization, the vaccine became widely available throughout the United States. There was a large public health initiative from private equity and national, state, and local governments to vaccinate as many individuals as possible to achieve herd immunity against the virus. While herd immunity was theoretically possible through natural infection, early predictions required a natural infection threshold of 67% to convey immunity (During the COVID-19 pandemic, anti-vaccination activists flooded social media with messages that downplayed COVID-19, questioned the truthfulness of vaccine trials, and in some cases denied the existence of COVID-19 altogether (The Health Belief Model (HBM) serves as a paradigm in public health to guide the promotion of health and disease prevention. This model is used to explain and predict individual changes in behaviors related to health promotion, such as perceived susceptibility, severity, benefits, and barriers (Therefore, exploring the impact of different educational interventions on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy is essential to increase not only vaccination rates but also our understanding of how the HBM fits into COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. Kaim et al. demonstrated the benefits of a videographic educational program on improving attitudes toward vaccination acceptability (