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WATCH: Ohio Department of Health and UH give briefing on vaccine safety, efficacy and side effects

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Posted at 9:01 AM, Jul 21, 2021
and last updated 2021-07-21 12:10:08-04

CLEVELAND — The Ohio Department of Health and University Hospitals held a joint news conference Wednesday to discuss vaccine hesitancy among Ohioans and answers questions about vaccine safety, efficacy and side effects.

Re-watch the briefing in the media player below:

ODH gives briefing on COVID-19 vaccine efficacy, side effects

Ohio Department of Health (ODH) Chief Medical Officer Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, Pediatrician Patty Manning-Courtney and Associate Medical Director of Pediatric Infection Control at UH Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital Dr. Amy Edwards will speak during the news conference.

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