- Published
- 2021-04-16
- Venue
- PLoS ONE, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. e0250123
- Cited by
- 675
- Open access
- Yes, gold
- DOI
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0250123
- PubMed
- 33861765
Abstract
How do attitudes toward vaccination change over the course of a public health crisis? We report results from a longitudinal survey of United States residents during six months (March 16 -August 16, 2020) of the COVID-19 pandemic. Contrary to past research suggesting that the increased salience of a disease threat should improve attitudes toward vaccines, we observed a decrease in intentions of getting a COVID-19 vaccine when one becomes available. We further found a decline in general vaccine attitudes and intentions of getting the influenza vaccine. Analyses of heterogeneity indicated that this decline is driven by participants who identify as Republicans, who showed a negative trend in vaccine attitudes and intentions, whereas Democrats remained largely stable. Consistent with research on risk perception and behavior, those with less favorable attitudes toward a COVID-19 vaccination also perceived the virus to be less threatening. We provide suggestive evidence that differential exposure to media channels and social networks could explain the observed asymmetric polarization between self-identified Democrats and Republicans.
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Fridman, A., Gershon, R., & Gneezy, A. (2021). COVID-19 and vaccine hesitancy: A longitudinal study. PLoS ONE, 16(4), e0250123. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250123
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Fridman, Ariel, et al. "COVID-19 and vaccine hesitancy: A longitudinal study." PLoS ONE, vol. 16, no. 4, 2021, pp. e0250123, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250123.
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Fridman, Ariel, Rachel Gershon, and Ayelet Gneezy. "COVID-19 and vaccine hesitancy: A longitudinal study." PLoS ONE 16, no. 4 (2021): e0250123. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250123.
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Fridman A., Gershon R., Gneezy A. COVID-19 and vaccine hesitancy: A longitudinal study // PLoS ONE. — 2021. — Vol. 16, № 4. — P. e0250123. — URL: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250123
- BibTeX
@article{fridman2021covid, title = {{COVID-19 and vaccine hesitancy: A longitudinal study}}, author = {Ariel Fridman and Rachel Gershon and Ayelet Gneezy}, journal = {PLoS ONE}, year = {2021}, volume = {16}, number = {4}, pages = {e0250123}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0250123}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250123} }- RIS
TY - JOUR AU - Fridman, Ariel AU - Gershon, Rachel AU - Gneezy, Ayelet TI - COVID-19 and vaccine hesitancy: A longitudinal study JO - PLoS ONE VL - 16 IS - 4 SP - e0250123 PY - 2021 DA - 2021/04/16 DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0250123 UR - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250123 ER -
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