Journal of Vaccines & Vaccination

Department of Genetics, Genetics and IVF Institute, 3020 Javier Road, Fairfax, VA 22031, USA

Biography

Schulman was CEO of the Genetics & IVF Institute until 1998, and remains Chairman of its Board of Directors. Until recently he was also an affiliate professor at the medical schools of Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of California - San Diego. Additional information on Schulman and his work is provided in Marquis Who's Who and various online sources including the Medline database of biomedical publications.

Schulman is the author of Robert G. Edwards A Personal Viewpoint, a personal account of Nobel Laureate, Robert G. Edwards, and events that are relevant to the development of modern methods of assisted reproduction.

Publications

• Research Article   
  Survey of Attitudes on Personal Protection Interventions against COVID-19 Including MMR Vaccination and Future Anti-COVID Vaccines
  Author(s): Joseph D. Schulman*, James N. Cooper and Gary W. Crooks
  
  An electronic survey was conducted in October, 2020 among individuals primarily age 60 and older regarding their degree of confidence of deriving personal protection from 8 different anti-COVID interventions - social isolation, lockdowns, avoiding restaurants, taking MMR vaccine, wearing masks when indoors with others, avoiding hotels, avoiding commercial air travel, and using the first future specific anti-COVID vaccine. Responses were received from 135 persons from many different U.S. regions and 5 foreign countries. Respondents were generally individuals with very high levels of education and personal achievement. Results demonstrated wide diversity of responses regarding each of these interventions. None were strongly supported by a majority of respondents, but those receiving the largest proportions of strong support were social isolation (41%), wearing masks.. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2157-7560.20.11.434

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