School of Health Sciences, Institute of Population Health, Johnston Building, The Quadrangle, University of Liverpool, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L69 3GB, UK.
Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK; Department of Rheumatology, Aintree Hospital, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Lower Lane L9 7AL, UK.
Vaccine. 2021 Apr 1;39(14):1877-1881. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.03.019. Epub 2021 Mar 6.
The COVID-19 pandemic has produced many calls for a vaccine. There is growing concern that vaccine hesitancy and anti-vaccination presence will dampen the uptake of a coronavirus vaccine. There are many cited reasons for vaccine hesitancy. Mercury content, autism association, and vaccine danger have been commonly found in anti-vaccination messages. It is also mused that the reduced disease burden from infectious diseases has paradoxically reduced the perceived requirement for vaccine uptake. Our analysis using Google Trends has shown that throughout the pandemic the search interest in a coronavirus vaccine has increased and remained high throughout. Peaks are found when public declarations are made, the case number increases significantly, or when vaccine breakthroughs are announced. Anti-vaccine searches, in the context of COVID-19, have had a continued and growing presence during the pandemic. Contrary to what some may believe, the burden of coronavirus has not been enough to dissuade anti-vaccine searches entirely.
新冠疫情大流行催生了许多疫苗接种呼吁。人们越来越担心，疫苗犹豫和反疫苗接种的存在会降低人们对冠状病毒疫苗的接种意愿。疫苗犹豫有很多被引用的原因。汞含量、自闭症关联和疫苗危险在反疫苗接种信息中经常出现。人们还推测，传染病负担的减轻反而降低了人们对疫苗接种的认知需求。我们使用谷歌趋势的分析表明，在整个疫情期间，对冠状病毒疫苗的搜索兴趣一直在增加，并保持在高位。当宣布公共声明、病例数量显著增加或宣布疫苗突破时，就会出现峰值。在新冠疫情背景下，反疫苗搜索一直存在，并在疫情期间不断增加。与一些人可能认为的相反，冠状病毒的负担还不足以完全阻止反疫苗搜索。
