Vaccine hesitancy: the next challenge in the fight against COVID-19.
Amiel A. Dror,Netanel Eisenbach,Shahar Taiber,Nicole G. Morozov,Matti Mizrachi,Asaf Zigron,Samer Srouji,Eyal Sela +7 more
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It is indicated that healthcare staff involved in the care of COVID-19 positive patients, and individuals considering themselves at risk of disease, were more likely to self-report acquiescence to CO VID-19 vaccination if and when available, and parents, nurses, and medical workers not caring for SARS-CoV-2 positive patients expressed higher levels of vaccine hesitancy.Abstract:
Vaccine hesitancy remains a barrier to full population inoculation against highly infectious diseases. Coincident with the rapid developments of COVID-19 vaccines globally, concerns about the safety of such a vaccine could contribute to vaccine hesitancy. We analyzed 1941 anonymous questionnaires completed by healthcare workers and members of the general Israeli population, regarding acceptance of a potential COVID-19 vaccine. Our results indicate that healthcare staff involved in the care of COVID-19 positive patients, and individuals considering themselves at risk of disease, were more likely to self-report acquiescence to COVID-19 vaccination if and when available. In contrast, parents, nurses, and medical workers not caring for SARS-CoV-2 positive patients expressed higher levels of vaccine hesitancy. Interventional educational campaigns targeted towards populations at risk of vaccine hesitancy are therefore urgently needed to combat misinformation and avoid low inoculation rates.read more
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Intention to get COVID-19 vaccines: Exploring the role of attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, belief in COVID-19 misinformation, and vaccine confidence in Northern India.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined people's intention to get COVID-19 vaccines and some of the psychological factors that can facilitate the vaccination process using the theory of planned behavior (TPB) as a theoretical framework.
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COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Experiences of Discrimination Among Black Adults
Don E. Willis,Jennifer A. Andersen,Brooke E. E. Montgomery,James P. Selig,Sumit K. Shah,Nickolas Zaller,Keneshia Bryant-Moore,Aaron Scott,M. Williams,Pearl A. McElfish +9 more
TL;DR: This paper found that nearly half of Black adults in Arkansas were not hesitant towards COVID-19 vaccines, while the remainder reported some level of hesitancy, while a quarter were very hesitant (22.4%), while fewer reported being somewhat and a little (14.7%) hesitant.
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A comparative online survey on the intention to get COVID-19 vaccine between Greek and Cypriot healthcare personnel: is the country a predictor?
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the factors that determine the intention to opt for COVID-19 vaccine among healthcare personnel from two southern European countries, namely Greece and Cyprus, by conducting an anonymous online self-administered survey using Google Forms between December 1st to December 15th, 2020 among the HCP in Greece and the Republic of Cyprus.
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Where to locate COVID-19 mass vaccination facilities?
Dimitris Bertsimas,Vassilis Digalakis,Alexander Jacquillat,Michael Lingzhi Li,Alessandro Previero +4 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a data-driven approach to optimize COVID-19 vaccine distribution, which is formulated as a bilinear, non-convex optimization model.
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What causes COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy? Ignorance and the lack of bliss in the United Kingdom
TL;DR: A nationally representative survey of the United Kingdom showed that individuals showed more willingness to take fictitious vaccines (putatively produced by the US government Medicare program and the now defunct healthcare company Theranos) than to take the Sputnik and Sinovac vaccines (developed by the Russian and Chinese governments respectively) as discussed by the authors .
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