I commend the authors for their empathetic, compassionate, humble, and common-sense response to vaccine hesitancy (or outright vaccine antipathy) in the March issue of Canadian Family Physician.1 Some old lessons (“treat others as you would like to be treated”) are worth relearning. Earnestly trying to understand our patients’ life stories, beliefs, environments, and perspectives has always been a marker of a skilled family physician, and I thank the authors for reminding us that we treat patients, not COVID-19.
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