Bulletin of Semashko National Research Institute of Public HealthBulletin of Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health2415-84102415-8429FSSBI «N.A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health»1558Научная статьяCOVID-19: LESSONS OF VACCINATIONSpasennikovB. Aborisspasennikov@yandex.ruN.A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health, Moscow, Russian Federation17122021311612508042022Copyright © 2021,2021The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted a number of public health problems. Most of the world states were not ready to face this infection. The article is devoted to the problems of vaccination (COVID-19) in the Russian Federation. Scientific work is based on the interdisciplinary integration of medical, psychological, legal and sociological knowledge. A complex of reasons for the lag in vaccination of the population of Russia in comparison with other countries has been investigated. The reasons and conditions for the emergence of anti-scientific propaganda, which disorientated the population in the context of a pandemic, are described. State policy to explain the need for vaccination is inferior to campaigning for "anti-vaccination". It is shown that the principle of the revealed preferences of the ruling elites in relation to vaccination was almost not manifested. The reasons for the emergence of Covid dissidents are shown. Millions of people are not ready to change their attitude to health preservation in a short time. The ways of changing the mentality of the population associated with anti-vaccination moods have been formulated. It was propose to open the Russian market for foreign vaccines. The rationale for this proposal is given. The importance of well-thought-out campaigning for vaccination, promotion of appropriate sanitary and epidemiological measures, and health preservation was emphasized. Another difficult aspect of the problem is noted - vaccination of the rural population. Various ways of increasing the efficiency of immunization of the Russian population are shown. It is concluded that only the promotion of scientific knowledge can provide the maximum vaccination (revaccination) in Russia.COVID-19общественное здоровьевакцинацияковид-диссиденты1.Спасенников Б.А. Пандемия COVID-19: некоторые уроки / Б.А. Спасенников // Бюллетень Национального научно-исследовательского института общественного здоровья имени Н.А. Семашко. - 2020. - № 4. - С. 52-57.2.Spasennikov B.A. COVID-19 pandemic: some lessons. Byulleten' Nacional'nogo nauchno-issledovatel'skogo instituta obshchestvennogo zdorov'ya imeni N.A. Semashko [Bulletin of Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health], 2020, no. 4, pp. 52-57 (in Russian).