The Re-Emergence of COVID-19 in 2022 Has Affected People's Views on Vaccines

Yufei Wu; Huanjie Li; Yunshan Wang

doi:10.3390/vaccines10111974

The Re-Emergence of COVID-19 in 2022 Has Affected People's Views on Vaccines

Vaccines (Basel). 2022 Nov 21;10(11):1974. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10111974.

Authors

Yufei Wu^{1

2}, Huanjie Li^{1

3}, Yunshan Wang^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Medical Integration and Practice Center, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China.
² Research Center of Basic Medicine, Jinan Central Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan 250013, China.
³ Institute of Medical Sciences, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250033, China.

Abstract

The recurrence of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2022 has had a great impact on people's mentality, although the government has controlled it through a series of effective measures. What is noteworthy is that the public opinion on vaccines has changed significantly, and at present, the level of public's trust in the COVID-19 vaccine is what we are concentrating on. For the current situation, new measures should be explored. Vaccines have been proven to be effective in reducing the rate of serious cases and death among infected people. However, vaccination rates still need to be improved, especially among the elderly. For people with low antibody levels, the fourth injection is recommended. Studying vaccines effective against virus mutation is the focus of future research.

Keywords: COVID-19 vaccines; Omicron BA.2; SARS-CoV-2; antibodies.

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