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4 Jun 2021
Low trust in government, conspiracy beliefs and watching YouTube predicts vaccine hesitancy
People who look to social media for information, particularly YouTube, are less willing to be vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a new publication from the universities of Oxford and Southampton whose researchers are urging the government and social media firms to take urgent action over the findings.
3 Jun 2021
Experts propose ‘five Cs’ to tackle vaccine hesitancy
The reluctance or refusal to accept Covid-19 vaccinations can be tackled by a five-pronged strategy to address the behavioural and socio-demographic factors behind vaccine hesitancy. Writing in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, a group of population health, demographic, epidemiology, and behavioural scientists propose an approach focused on confidence, complacency, convenience, communication, and context.
