Covid-19 vaccination hesitancy

Abstract

What you need to know
Lack of confidence in vaccines for covid-19 poses direct and indirect threats to health, and could derail efforts to end the current pandemic
Concerns about unknown future effects, side effects, and a lack of trust are common reasons given by people who say they are unlikely to have a covid-19 vaccine
No single intervention is likely to be able to address vaccine hesitancy
Consider barriers to uptake of vaccination at a population level and in groups who have lower rates of vaccine uptake
Develop local approaches by engaging members of the community and co-producing communications and materials that meet population needs

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https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n1138

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https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/publications/65469be5-d799-4d9c-b24e-3b5d021e662b