Lee Ines, Tipoe Eileen
Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
School of Economics and Finance, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom.
Brain Behav Immun Health. 2022 Mar 14;21:100447. doi: 10.1016/j.bbih.2022.100447. eCollection 2022 May.
As the supply of COVID-19 vaccines to low-income countries (LICs) remains limited, governments of high-income countries face a trade-off between domestic containment through booster shots and global containment by helping LICs acquire first doses ("vaccine nationalism" vs "vaccine internationalism"). We provide empirical evidence on how residents of a high-income country view this ethical dilemma by surveying 1527 UK adults recruited online. Support for vaccine donations to LICs is high. On average, study participants chose to donate 65% of UK's COVID-19 vaccines, which were ordered for booster shots, to LICs. Holding all other factors constant, women, younger individuals, and those who are not fully vaccinated preferred to donate a larger percentage to LICs. The UK public's preferences for prioritizing vaccine donations over booster shot programs suggest broad support for national policies that strike a balance between domestic containment and global philanthropy.
由于向低收入国家供应的新冠疫苗仍然有限，高收入国家政府面临着通过加强针进行国内疫情防控与帮助低收入国家获取首剂疫苗以实现全球疫情防控之间的权衡（“疫苗民族主义”与“疫苗国际主义”）。我们通过对1527名在线招募的英国成年人进行调查，提供了关于高收入国家居民如何看待这一伦理困境的实证证据。对向低收入国家捐赠疫苗的支持率很高。平均而言，研究参与者选择将英国订购用于加强针的65%的新冠疫苗捐赠给低收入国家。在所有其他因素保持不变的情况下，女性、年轻人以及未完全接种疫苗的人更倾向于向低收入国家捐赠更大比例的疫苗。英国公众优先考虑疫苗捐赠而非加强针计划的偏好表明，他们广泛支持在国内疫情防控和全球慈善之间取得平衡的国家政策。
