Dr Susan Pineda Mercado is a medical doctor and public health expert with 25 years of experience at international and local levels. She worked with the World Health Organization for 15 years and later with the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies as Strategic Adviser - COVID19, Asia-Pacific region.
Reluctance to vaccinate bred by misinformation could be the decider in reaching sufficient levels of immunity to beat this disease. Fear and misinformation must be addressed, but we must also fix lack of vaccine supply for less-developed countries.