Will vaccination refusal prolong the war on SARS- CoV-2? (CROSBI ID 292587)
Prilog u časopisu | izvorni znanstveni rad | međunarodna recenzija
Podaci o odgovornosti
Marcec, Robert ; Majta, Matea ; Likic, Robert
engleski
Will vaccination refusal prolong the war on SARS- CoV-2?
Introduction: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a novel coronavirus that appeared in Wuhan, China in January 2020 and caused a global pandemic drastically changing everyday life. Currently, there are vaccine candidates in clinical trials and development, so it is only a matter of time before one is authorised for human use. Materials and methods: We collected public opinion survey results about attitudes towards SARS-CoV-2 vaccination conducted in 2020 in 26 European countries. Results: The pooled surveys were conducted on a total of 24 970 participants ; on average only 58% (n=14 365/24 970) of responders across Europe were willing to get a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine once it becomes available, 16% (n=3998/24 970) were neutral, and 26% (n=6607/24 970) were not planning to vaccinate against SARS-CoV-2. Such a low vaccination response could make it exceedingly difficult to reach the herd immunity threshold for SARS-CoV-2 through vaccination. Conclusion: It is very important to start conducting educational public health activities on the topic of vaccination as soon as possible, before a vaccine becomes available, in order to improve attitudes towards SARS-CoV-2 vaccination. Only by educating the general public about the benefits, safety and efficacy of vaccines can we hope to avoid the unnecessary prolongation of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Clinical pharmacology ; Infection control ; Infectious diseases ; Public health.
nije evidentirano
nije evidentirano
nije evidentirano
nije evidentirano
nije evidentirano
nije evidentirano
Podaci o izdanju
97 (1145)
2020.
143-149
objavljeno
0032-5473
10.1136/postgradmedj-2020-138903
Povezanost rada
Biotehnologija u biomedicini (prirodno područje, biomedicina i zdravstvo, biotehničko područje), Kliničke medicinske znanosti