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Review
. 2023 Feb 23;11(3):516.
doi: 10.3390/vaccines11030516.

Factors Affecting Vaccine Attitudes Influenced by the COVID-19 Pandemic

Jessica D Altman  1 , Dashiell S Miner  1 , Abigail A Lee  1 , Aaron E Asay  1 , Bryce U Nielson  1 , Agnes M Rose  1 , Kaitlyn Hinton  1 , Brian D Poole  1
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Review

Factors Affecting Vaccine Attitudes Influenced by the COVID-19 Pandemic

Jessica D Altman et al. Vaccines (Basel). .

Abstract

The development of vaccines has significantly contributed to the success of disease prevention. However, there has been a sharp decline in immunization rates since COVID-19 spread globally. Seemingly overnight, the world shut down and most non-essential medical procedures were postponed. Since the COVID-19 vaccine became available, and the world started going back to normal these vaccine rates have not recovered. In this paper, we review the published literature to explore how convenience factors, perceived risk of vaccination, media or anti-vaccination ideals/movements, and healthcare professionals affect an individual's compliance to be vaccinated to better understand the factors that contribute to the change in overall vaccination rates.

Keywords: COVID-19; childhood vaccines; vaccine hesitancy.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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