What causes COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy? Ignorance and the lack of bliss in the United Kingdom

Josh Bullock (), Justin E. Lane and F. LeRon Shults
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Josh Bullock: Kingston University
Justin E. Lane: CulturePulse, Inc
F. LeRon Shults: University of Agder and NORCE Center for Modeling Social Systems

Palgrave Communications, 2022, vol. 9, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: Abstract Understanding vaccine hesitancy has become increasingly important during the COVID-19 pandemic as governments around the globe have been struggling to convince portions of their populations to participate in vaccination protocols. Here we report on a nationally representative survey of the United Kingdom in which data revealed 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). The data indicate that the critical factor in vaccine hesitancy among the respondents was anxiety rather than familiarity with vaccines.

Date: 2022
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