You have been put in charge of a child immunization program

. You have been put in charge of a child immunization program for rubella, covering two different countries. Neither country has rubella vaccination at the moment. In country A, vaccination for other diseases is a well-established practice. In country B, vaccination for any disease is completely unknown. In which country is the practice of rubella vaccination likely to spread more easily? What do you think the adoption curves will look like in the two countries? (You can draw them if you like). Briefly explain your answer.

Solution

In country A, the vaccination of Rubella virus will spread easily, because people of the country are well aware of the benefits of the vaccination, there is a well-developed framework and institutions who are already present to deliver the vaccination process. In contrast to country A, country B is unknown to the benefits of the vaccination and the framework of the distribution of vaccination is not yet developed. So, it will start slowly and pick up the speed of delivery later. Therefore, country A will, easily deliver the vaccination of the Rubella virus.
Adoption curve of the country A will be relatively symmetric in nature, but the adoption curve of country B will be relatively negatively Skewed as it will start slow adoption and grow later when people become aware of the benefits of the vaccination.