Do Attitudes, Trust, and Acceptance of Pseudoscience and  Conspiracy Theories Predict COVID-19 Vaccination Status?

Grawitch, Matthew J.

doi:10.31234/osf.io/tg7xr

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“…Vaccination is regarded as a powerful tool in the fight against pandemics, both to alleviate the burden on hospitals and health workers and to reduce fatalities. However, the public reactions to COVID-19 vaccines have varied from strong demand to 'anti-vax' behaviors (Benoit and Mauldin, 2021), with different responses reflecting differing levels of trust in governments and science at both the individual and societal levels (Debus and Tosun, 2021;Grawitch and Lavigne, 2021). Jelnov and Jelnov (2022) showed that government accountability contributes to the success of vaccination campaigns, with higher vaccination rates observed in more liberal and less corrupt countries.…”

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Corruption as an Obstacle to Pandemic Response

Škrinjarić,

Budak,

Carragher

2023

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This research explores the relationship between corruption and pandemic outcomes by investigating whether European countries with higher levels of corruption were less successful in fighting COVID-19. Data were analyzed using exploratory factor analysis and structural equation modelling techniques. Results indicate that corruption prevalence and poor bureaucratic quality both decrease trust in government, and this effect is persistent notwithstanding the socioeconomic conditions or geographic attributes of a country. Trust in government, coupled with stringency measures, is positively associated with the number of new people vaccinated, and thus fewer COVID-19-related deaths. Furthermore, corruption undermines trust in the government and its institutions and, through this mechanism, prevents the suppression of the pandemic. Unlike other scarce studies that looked at the direct link between corruption and vaccination only, we also examined the impact of corruption on the outcomes of government pandemic restriction measures and added several contextual variables into the model and found that corruption poses a significant obstacle to pandemic response. Our findings suggest to policymakers that their best weapon against COVID-19 is vaccination, and that renewed efforts to root out corruption and build trust between governments and citizens can positively impact vaccination rates and limit the most devastating effects of the pandemic.

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confidence: 99%