Knotz Carlo M, Gandenberger Mia K, Fossati Flavia, Bonoli Giuliano
University of Stavanger.
University of Lausanne and NCCR-on the move.
Schweiz Z Polit. 2021 Jun;27(2):297-310. doi: 10.1111/spsr.12461. Epub 2021 May 17.
With the arrival of vaccines against the novel coronavirus in late 2020, the issue of how vaccines should be distributed and which groups should be prioritized has become salient. We study popular attitudes toward the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines and how these have changed over the course of the pandemic in Switzerland, drawing on data from two rounds of an original public opinion survey conducted in the spring and winter of 2020. We find that the public supports prioritizing vulnerable groups such as health care workers or the elderly. We also find a notable degree of cross-generational solidarity: younger age cohorts prioritize the elderly, while older groups prioritize (typically younger) health care workers. We then examine whether this finding is not in fact driven by vaccine hesitancy. This is not the case for older age groups, whose solidarity thus seems to be genuine. Vaccine hesitancy is an issue among younger groups, however.
随着2020年末新型冠状病毒疫苗的到来，疫苗应如何分配以及哪些群体应被优先考虑的问题变得突出。我们利用2020年春季和冬季进行的两轮原创民意调查数据，研究了瑞士民众对新冠疫苗分配的态度以及这些态度在疫情期间是如何变化的。我们发现，公众支持优先考虑医护人员或老年人等弱势群体。我们还发现了显著程度的跨代团结：较年轻的年龄组优先考虑老年人，而较年长的群体则优先考虑（通常较年轻的）医护人员。然后，我们研究这一发现是否实际上并非由疫苗犹豫所驱动。对于较年长的年龄组来说并非如此，因此他们的团结似乎是真诚的。然而，疫苗犹豫在较年轻的群体中是一个问题。
