COVID-19 vaccines: Getting Anti-vaxxers involved in the discussion

Boodoosingh, Ramona; Olayemi, Lawal; Sam, Filipina Amosa-Lei

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105177

Cited by 25 publications

(24 citation statements)

References 3 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…In addition, this section also investigated their willingness to take the vaccine and to encourage others to take the vaccine. Moreover, it investigated the rate of influenza vaccine administration in the last year, as well as whether the participants consider themselves antivaxxers, which is a term that reflects a movement calling against vaccination in general [ 19 ].…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Hesitancy towards COVID-19 Vaccines: An Analytical Cross–Sectional Study

Aloweidi

Bsisu

Suleiman

et al. 2021

IJERPH

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Vaccination is the most promising strategy to counter the spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Vaccine hesitancy is a serious global phenomenon, and therefore the aim of this cross-sectional study was to explore the effect of educational background, work field, and social media on attitudes towards vaccination in Jordan. We compared between medical personnel who were in direct contact with patients and non-medical individuals at Jordan University Hospital in terms of demographics, knowledge about COVID-19 vaccines, rumors received via social media, their trust in these vaccines, and the encouraging factors for vaccination. 646 individuals were enrolled in this study, of which 287 (44.4%) were from medical field, and 359 (55.6%) from non-medical field. 226 (35%) were planning to take the vaccine once available, with a positive response from 131 (45.6%) medical field workers, compared to 94 (26.2%) non-medical individuals (p < 0.001). The social media rumor that was believed the most was the unsafety of these vaccines (n = 283; 43.8%). Only 163 (56.8%) of medical persons did not believe any of the circulated rumors, compared to 126 (35.1%) of non-medical persons (p < 0.001). The effect of medical personnel advice (OR = 0.83; 95% CI = 0.70 to 0.98; p = 0.026) and social media (OR = 1.21; 95% CI = 1.04 to 1.41; p = 0.012) were significantly associated with the willingness to take COVID-19 vaccine once available. In conclusion, medical personnel and social media play a crucial role in increasing the society’s inclination towards vaccination by providing the community with updated evidence-based information about COVID-19 vaccines as an efficient medical countermeasure and by correcting the previously spread misinformation.

show abstract

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Hesitancy towards COVID-19 Vaccines: An Analytical Cross–Sectional Study

Aloweidi

Bsisu

Suleiman

et al. 2021

IJERPH

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Once a vaccine is rolled out, not everyone will choose to get vaccinated or be able to, depending on immune status and cultural attitudes towards vaccines [ 14 ]. However, it is possible that when a vaccine becomes available, even if it not perfectly efficacious, much of the population may abandon other protection options, as has been theorised for HIV vaccines [ 15 , 16 ].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Is a COVID-19 Vaccine Likely to Make Things Worse?

Abo

Smith

2020

Vaccines

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In order to limit the disease burden and economic costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to understand how effective and widely distributed a vaccine must be in order to have a beneficial impact on public health. To evaluate the potential effect of a vaccine, we developed risk equations for the daily risk of COVID-19 infection both currently and after a vaccine becomes available. Our risk equations account for the basic transmission probability of COVID-19 (β) and the lowered risk due to various protection options: physical distancing; face coverings such as masks, goggles, face shields or other medical equipment; handwashing; and vaccination. We found that the outcome depends significantly on the degree of vaccine uptake: if uptake is higher than 80%, then the daily risk can be cut by 50% or more. However, if less than 40% of people get vaccinated and other protection options are abandoned—as may well happen in the wake of a COVID-19 vaccine—then introducing even an excellent vaccine will produce a worse outcome than our current situation. It is thus critical that effective education strategies are employed in tandem with vaccine rollout.

show abstract

“…Table 1 shows some practical suggestions that are useful in managing the current pandemic from a CTM perspective, including contact tracing concerns dealing with anti-science and antivaccination rhetoric. [30][31][32] Mutatis mutandi, the recommendations for enhancing hospitals' preparation against terrorism, listed in an earlier report, are still valid. 4 Bavel, et al recently described the various difficulties in managing fake news and conspiracy theories, but do offer solutions for health care workers and governments to reach out to the people.…”

Section: Covid-19 and Apocalyptic Thinking In Various Extremist Groupsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The lessons of the small island of Samoa in the South Pacific may inspire other countries in dealing with vaccination hesitance. 31,32 Mitigation • Provide a psychological debriefing team for your staff.…”

Section: Responsementioning

confidence: 99%

Health Care Organizations: Soft Target during COVID-19 Pandemic

Cauwer

Somville

2021

Prehosp. Disaster med.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Health care organizations have been challenged by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic for some time, while in January 2020, it was not immediately suspected that it would take such a global expansion. In the past, other studies have already pointed out that health care systems, and more specifically hospitals, can be a so-called “soft target” for terrorist attacks. This report has now examined whether this is also the case in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. During the lockdown, hospitals turned out to be the only remaining soft targets for attacks, given that the other classic targets were closed during the lockdown. On the other hand, other important factors have limited the risk of such attacks in hospitals. The main delaying and relative risk-reducing factors were the access control on temperature and wearing a mask, no visits allowed, limited consultations, and investigations. But even then, health care systems and hospitals were prone to (cyber)terrorism, as shown by other COVID-19-related institutions, such as pharmaceuticals involved in developing vaccines and health care facilities involved in swab testing and contact tracing. Counter-terrorism medicine (CTM) and social behavioral science can reduce the likelihood and impact of terrorism, but cannot prevent (state-driven) cyberterrorism and actions of lone wolves and extremist factions.

show abstract

COVID-19 vaccines: Getting Anti-vaxxers involved in the discussion

Cited by 25 publications

References 3 publications

Hesitancy towards COVID-19 Vaccines: An Analytical Cross–Sectional Study

Hesitancy towards COVID-19 Vaccines: An Analytical Cross–Sectional Study

Is a COVID-19 Vaccine Likely to Make Things Worse?

Health Care Organizations: Soft Target during COVID-19 Pandemic

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About