Robyn Correll, MPH, CHWI

To examine the magnitude of vaccine misinformation in traditional media (Professionally Generated Content, not User Generated Content), we used Cision’s NextGen Communications Cloud platform12 for the period 27 July 2020 (the day that phase 3 trials for the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines began) through 30 June 2021.

After analyzing data collected from hundreds of immunization stakeholders at town hall meetings and surveys, scouring peer-reviewed journals, and crunching data sets, this report outlines the most important challenges and opportunities in vaccine-preventing and emerging diseases threatening Texas today.

This publication is the culmination of more than six months of research – gathering input and feedback from hundreds of immunization stakeholders at town hall meetings and via a survey on the challenges and opportunities they experience as they work to protect Texas communities from vaccine-preventable diseases. The feedback collected, as well as information gathered from state and national government agencies and peer-reviewed papers, is presented in this report as a means to shed light on the state of immunizations in Texas, as well as serve as a road map for all immunization stakeholders – healthcare providers, public health personnel, and legislators alike – on what can be done to protect and improve immunization rates in Texas communities.