Attempt at profiling and regionalisation of COVID-19 vaccine campaigns in Poland - preliminary results

Abstract

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Take me Down to the Vaccine City? Nano – and Micro Influencers Engagement in the Pro-Vaccination Campaign During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Poland

“…As limited supplies are slowing vaccination campaigns in many countries, this is not the case in Poland, where delay in immunizing population reflects Poland-specific social background. It was already confirmed that social attitudes and context fundamentally impact the COVID-19 vaccine acceptance (Jarynowski and Skawina, 2021). Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, many studies have already been conducted to analyze why some Poles do not intend to vaccinate.…”

“…To assess social media influencers' engagement in the pro-vaccination campaign, the author conducted a systematic social media content analysis of Polish influencers' Instagram accounts from 27 December 2020, when the first person was vaccinated against COVID-19 in Poland (Jarynowski and Skawina, 2021), till 30 June 2021. Additionally, the author analyzed the content of direct messages from followers provided by some of the influencers.…”

Listening to Twitter about Adverse Events of the Comirnaty COVID-19 Vaccine during first weeks of immunisation in Poland

“…Moreover, our knowledge of COVID-19 vaccines safety has been extended due to post registration passive surveillance (VAERS [North America] or ARR [European Union]) and active surveillance (as V-Safe (Shimabukuro, et al, 2021), Isrealian clinical trials (Barda, et al, 2021)). Immunisation against COVID-19 in Poland began on 27.12.2020 with Comirnaty vaccine with a priority given to healthcare workers and during the rst weeks only mRNA vaccines were available (Jarynowski & Skawina, 2021). Various Community based /participatory surveillance understood as "the detection and reporting of events of public health signi cance within a community by community members" (WHO, 2018) were created ad hoc and some people share their adverse events after immunisation in social media.…”

“…Social Media and social networks are a way to communicate with each other in such new circumstances. On the other hand, Polish society has a high proportion of negative attitudes towards vaccines (Jarynowski & Skawina, 2021). The widespread use of the Internet and social media provides us with an indispensable source of information on societal dynamics.…”

“…Vaccination of adults in Poland is a relatively new procedure, as quite a few of even healthcare workers are regularly getting immunised against seasonal In uenza (Jarynowski & Skawina, 2021). Thus, discussions about vaccination in Social Media seems to be a part of adopting a new reality.…”