Ensuring Uptake of Vaccines

[GoodTaste]

I understand "uptake" here as "action of getting vaccinated." Am I on the right track?

It probably means "action of making people get vaccinated." I am not sure.

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Ensuring Uptake of Vaccines against SARS-CoV-2

As Covid-19 continues to exact a heavy toll, development of a vaccine appears the most promising means of restoring normalcy to civil life. Perhaps no scientific breakthrough is more eagerly anticipated. But bringing a vaccine to market is only half the challenge; also critical is ensuring a high enough vaccination rate to achieve herd immunity. Concerningly, a recent poll found that only 49% of Americans planned to get vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2.1


One option for increasing vaccine uptake is to require it. Mandatory vaccination has proven effective in ensuring high childhood immunization rates in many high-income countries. However, except for influenza vaccination of health care workers, mandates have not been widely used for adults.

Source: New England Journal of Medicine
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2020926?query=featured_home

 

[tedmc]

Uptake means the rate of acceptance of vaccination by the people, which I think is a no-brainer, given that the virus is so deadly.

 

[Tdol]

Unfortunately, we have the anti-vaxxer movement, who are contributing to a rise in measles and polio, etc.