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Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Mistrust in biomedical research and vaccine hesitancy: the forefront challenge in the battle against COVID-19 in Italy

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Researchers have been working quickly and collaboratively for the development of vaccines against the COVID-19 virus. The effort of the scientific community in searching for a vaccine for COVID-19 may be hampered by a diffused vaccine hesitancy. Two waves of data collection on representative samples of the Italian population (during the “first” and “second” phase of the Italian Covid-19 mitigation strategy) were conducted to understand citizens’ perceptions and behaviours about preventive behaviours willingness to vaccine for COVID-19. Our study shows that willingness to COVID-19 vaccine is correlated to trust in research and in vaccines, which decreased between phase 1 and phase 2 of the Italian pandemic. According to the results of our study, the proportion of citizens that seem to be intentioned to get the COVID-19 vaccine is probably too small to effectively stop the spreading of the disease.

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Publication

2020

Authors

Palamenghi, L., Barello, S., Boccia, S. et al. 

Emergency

COVID-19

Scope

Social science

Language

English

Region

Europe

Keywords

Vaccine hesitancy, pandemics, Trust, social science research, Emergency response, FAQ, vaccines, COVID-19