Discussion of the Trust in Vaccination against COVID-19

Jiangbo Fan; Xi Wang; Shuai Du; Ayan Mao; Haiping Du; Wuqi Qiu

doi:10.3390/vaccines10081214

Discussion of the Trust in Vaccination against COVID-19

Vaccines (Basel). 2022 Jul 29;10(8):1214. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10081214.

Authors

Jiangbo Fan¹, Xi Wang¹, Shuai Du¹, Ayan Mao¹, Haiping Du¹, Wuqi Qiu¹

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Medical Information, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100020, China.

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced serious challenges to global public health security, and the benefits of vaccination via public health interventions have been recognized as significant. Vaccination is an effective means of preventing and controlling the spread of COVID-19. However, trust is a major factor that influences vaccine hesitancy; thus, the distrust of vaccination has hindered the popularization of COVID-19 vaccines. This paper aims to discuss the main problems and the role of trust in the vaccination against COVID-19 to effectively promote and implement policy to promote the acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines.

Keywords: COVID-19 vaccine; trust; vaccine confidence; vaccine hesitancy.

Grants and funding

This research received no funding.