Politicization and COVID-19 vaccine resistance in the U.S.

Bolsen, Toby; Palm, Risa

doi:10.1016/bs.pmbts.2021.10.002

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“…Both age and HADS were still positively associated with vaccination after controlling for other differences between vaccinated and unvaccinated participants (see Table 5 ). Nevertheless, the data for the subset of 734 participants who voted for either Trump or Biden in the 2020 presidential election were also examined because of previous reports of political differences in vaccination (e.g., Bolsen and Palm, 2021 ). Consistent with these reports, 53.5% of Trump voters in the present sample were vaccinated, whereas 78.7% of Biden voters were vaccinated.…”

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Differential effects of psychological distress on mitigation and vaccination: A public health conundrum

Myerson

Strube²,

Green³

et al. 2022

Front. Psychol.

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CDC-recommended mitigation behaviors and vaccination status were assessed in an online sample (N = 810; ages 18–80). Results were consistent with a differential distress hypothesis positing that whereas psychological distress, which is induced in part by social deprivation, interferes with mitigation behaviors involving social distancing, it motivates vaccination, in part because it, in turn, can increase social interaction. Age modulated these effects. Despite the greater risk of severe consequences, older adults not only showed less distress, but compared to younger participants with equivalent levels of distress, the older adults showed less effect of distress on both social distancing and vaccination status. Together these findings highlight a conundrum faced in public health messaging. Traditional “fear messages” may be less effective for older adults, who are most in danger, whereas in younger adults, the distress induced by fear messages may motivate vaccination but diminish mitigation behaviors needed to prevent subsequent “breakthrough” infections.

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Differential effects of psychological distress on mitigation and vaccination: A public health conundrum

Myerson

Strube²,

Green³

et al. 2022

Front. Psychol.

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“…Lack of financial resources may not be the overriding barrier to vaccine access here as others have concluded [ 50 ], although it is surely a co-factor. Other solutions therefore may need to be considered, including broader government mandates, which at the time of this writing have been implemented in places and been met with widespread political resistance [ 51 ], in some instances violent [ 52 ]. The alternative is to stand by while new variants have the opportunity to emerge, adding to the increasing fatality count and continuing to overburden a medical care system that has already found itself at the breaking point multiple times during the pandemic.…”

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Determinants of COVID-19 skepticism and SARS-CoV-2 vaccine hesitancy: findings from a national population survey of U.S. adults

Levin

Bradshaw

2022

BMC Public Health

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Background The enduring presence of COVID-19 skepticism and SARS-CoV-2 vaccine hesitancy is an ongoing impediment to the global response effort to the current pandemic. This study seeks to identify determinants of skepticism and vaccine hesitancy in U.S. adults. Methods Data are from the Values and Beliefs of the American Public Survey, conducted in 2021 by the Gallup Organization in conjunction with Baylor University. The survey used stratified random probability sampling of the U.S. adult population (N = 1222). Outcome measures were respective single items assessing COVID-19 skepticism and SARS-CoV-2 vaccine hesitancy. Exposure variables included political, religious, and sociodemographic indicators, and moderators assessed personal history of COVID-19 and losing a relative or close friend to COVID-19. Results Skepticism and vaccine hesitancy were strongly associated with conservative and Republican political preference and conservative religious beliefs, and less so with socioeconomic status. Personal experience with COVID-19 did not mitigate the effect of politics on skepticism and barely reduced the odds for hesitancy. Results confirm that attitudes toward COVID-19 are politically and religiously conditioned, and are especially a product of conservative political preference. Conclusion Skepticism about COVID-19 and hesitancy regarding SARS-CoV-2 vaccination are highest among the political and religious right. Efforts to increase immunization through public education may be inadequate; resistance appears ideological. Other solutions may need to be considered, which risk widespread pushback both politically and religiously motivated.

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“…Although the predominant topics in Stage 1 still held central positions in Stage 2, we observed an increasing prominence of reports of own and immediate family's symptoms, social and economic impacts, and conspiracy theory. Specifically, the increase in conspiracy theory not only echoed the increasing politicization of science ( Bolsen & Palm, 2021 ; Chu et al, 2021 ; Hart et al, 2020 ), it was also driven by heightened China-United States tensions during the pandemic ( Chen et al, 2020a ). We found that most conspiracy posts were posted by the general public (N = 2,114,753, 92.89%), followed by opinion leaders (N = 125,723, 5.52%) and the organizational accounts (N = 36,263, 1.59%).…”

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Multiplicity and dynamics of social representations of the COVID-19 pandemic on Chinese social media from 2019 to 2020

Chen

Zhang

Liao

et al. 2022

Information Processing & Management

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Politicization and COVID-19 vaccine resistance in the U.S.

Cited by 132 publications

References 80 publications

Differential effects of psychological distress on mitigation and vaccination: A public health conundrum

Differential effects of psychological distress on mitigation and vaccination: A public health conundrum

Determinants of COVID-19 skepticism and SARS-CoV-2 vaccine hesitancy: findings from a national population survey of U.S. adults

Multiplicity and dynamics of social representations of the COVID-19 pandemic on Chinese social media from 2019 to 2020

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