COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: misinformation and perceptions of vaccine safety

• Published in: Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics Vol. 18; no. 1; p. 1950504
• Main Authors: Kricorian, Katherine, Civen, Rachel, Equils, Ozlem
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Taylor & Francis 31.12.2022; Taylor & Francis Group
• Subjects: Adult; Coronavirus; COVID-19; COVID-19 - prevention & control; COVID-19 Vaccines - adverse effects; Health Communication; health inequities; health literacy; Humans; SARS-COV-2; socioeconomic; United States; Vaccination; Vaccination Hesitancy; vaccine hesitancy; Vaccines - adverse effects; United States; COVID-19; vaccine hesitancy; socioeconomic; health inequities; health literacy; SARS-COV-2

Despite COVID-19's devastating toll, many Americans remain unwilling to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The authors conducted a US national survey to understand the health literacy of adults regarding the vaccine, as well as their COVID-19 beliefs and experiences. People who believed the COVID-19...