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Political ideology and vaccination willingness: implications for policy design
Policy Sciences ( IF 3.8 ) Pub Date : 2021-06-16 , DOI: 10.1007/s11077-021-09428-0
Marc Debus 1 , Jale Tosun 2
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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced governments to impose major restrictions on individual freedom in order to stop the spread of the virus. With the successful development of a vaccine, these restrictions are likely to become obsolete—on the condition that people get vaccinated. However, parts of the population have reservations against vaccination. While this is not a recent phenomenon, it might prove a critical one in the context of current attempts to manage the COVID-19 pandemic. Consequently, the task of designing policies suitable for attaining high levels of vaccination deserves enhanced attention. In this study, we use data from the Eurobarometer survey fielded in March 2019. They show that 39% of Europeans consider vaccines to cause the diseases which they should protect against, that 50% believe vaccines have serious side effects, that 32% think that vaccines weaken the immune system, and that 10% do not believe vaccines are tested rigorously before authorization. We find that—even when controlling for important individual-level factors—ideological extremism on both ends of the spectrum explains skepticism of vaccination. We conclude that policymakers must either politicize the issue or form broad alliances among parties and societal groups in order to increase trust in and public support for the vaccines in general and for vaccines against COVID-19 in particular, since the latter were developed in a very short time period and resulted—in particular in case of the AstraZeneca vaccine—in reservations because of the effectiveness and side effects of the new vaccines.



中文翻译:

政治意识形态和疫苗接种意愿:对政策设计的影响

COVID-19 大流行迫使政府对个人自由施加重大限制,以阻止病毒的传播。随着疫苗的成功开发,这些限制可能会变得过时——前提是人们接种了疫苗。然而,部分人口对疫苗接种持保留态度。虽然这不是最近的现象,但在当前试图控制 COVID-19 大流行的背景下,它可能被证明是一个关键的现象。因此,设计适合实现高水平疫苗接种的政策的任务值得更多关注。在这项研究中,我们使用了 2019 年 3 月进行的欧洲晴雨表调查的数据。他们表明,39% 的欧洲人认为疫苗会导致他们应该预防的疾病,50% 的人认为疫苗有严重的副作用,32% 的人认为疫苗会削弱免疫系统,而 10% 的人认为疫苗在授权前没有经过严格测试。我们发现,即使控制了重要的个人层面因素,极端意识形态的极端主义也解释了对疫苗接种的怀疑。我们的结论是,政策制定者必须将这个问题政治化,或者在政党和社会团体之间建立广泛的联盟,以增加对疫苗的信任和公众支持,尤其是针对 COVID-19 的疫苗,因为后者是在非常时期开发的由于新疫苗的有效性和副作用,时间很短,特别是在阿斯利康疫苗的情况下。并且 10% 的人不相信疫苗在授权前经过严格测试。我们发现,即使控制了重要的个人层面因素,极端意识形态的极端主义也解释了对疫苗接种的怀疑。我们的结论是,政策制定者必须将这个问题政治化,或者在政党和社会团体之间建立广泛的联盟,以增加对疫苗的信任和公众支持,尤其是针对 COVID-19 的疫苗,因为后者是在非常时期开发的由于新疫苗的有效性和副作用,时间很短,特别是在阿斯利康疫苗的情况下。并且 10% 的人不相信疫苗在授权前经过严格测试。我们发现,即使控制了重要的个人层面因素,极端意识形态的极端主义也解释了对疫苗接种的怀疑。我们的结论是,政策制定者必须将这个问题政治化,或者在政党和社会团体之间建立广泛的联盟,以增加对疫苗的信任和公众支持,尤其是针对 COVID-19 的疫苗,因为后者是在非常时期开发的由于新疫苗的有效性和副作用,时间很短,特别是在阿斯利康疫苗的情况下。我们发现,即使控制了重要的个人层面因素,极端意识形态的极端主义也解释了对疫苗接种的怀疑。我们的结论是,政策制定者必须将这个问题政治化,或者在政党和社会团体之间建立广泛的联盟,以增加对疫苗的信任和公众支持,尤其是针对 COVID-19 的疫苗,因为后者是在非常时期开发的由于新疫苗的有效性和副作用,时间很短,特别是在阿斯利康疫苗的情况下。我们发现,即使控制了重要的个人层面因素,极端意识形态的极端主义也解释了对疫苗接种的怀疑。我们的结论是,政策制定者必须要么将这个问题政治化,要么在政党和社会团体之间建立广泛的联盟,以增加对一般疫苗特别是针对 COVID-19 疫苗的信任和公众支持,因为后者是在非常时期开发的由于新疫苗的有效性和副作用,时间很短,特别是在阿斯利康疫苗的情况下。

更新日期:2021-06-17
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