Dept of Politics, University of Exeter, United Kingdom.
Dept of Consumer Behavior, University of Bern, Switzerland.
Vaccine. 2022 Sep 9;40(38):5615-5620. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.08.009. Epub 2022 Aug 18.
During theCOVID-19pandemic,manycountries implementedrestrictionsto limit the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus (e.g. travel restrictions and lockdowns).One path to loosening restrictions is to do so selectively only for vaccinated individuals (e.g. by implementing vaccine passports domestically or as a prerequisite for international travel).Setting different rules based on people's vaccination statusis howevera contentious issue among health policy experts, government officials, and the public. Our analysis focuses on the levels and correlates of public support for the lifting of restrictions for the vaccinatedin April 2021, i.e. at a time when restrictions were in place and aselective lifting of these restrictions just for the vaccinatedwas debated in Europe.We use representative quota samples of the populations of France (N = 1,752), Germany (N = 1,759), and Sweden (N = 1,754). We find that a slight plurality support lifting restrictions for the vaccinated in France and Germany but not in Sweden. Vaccine hesitancy emerges as strong predictor of opposition to such a policy. Additionally, individuals who are already vaccinated (in France and Germany) and who are higher in risk-seeking express more support for the lifting of restrictions for the vaccinated. We discuss implications for the debate on vaccine passports.
在 COVID-19 大流行期间，许多国家实施了限制措施来限制 SARS-CoV-2 病毒的传播（例如旅行限制和封锁）。放宽限制的一种方法是仅对接种疫苗的人有选择地放宽限制（例如在国内实施疫苗护照或作为国际旅行的前提条件）。然而，根据人们的疫苗接种状况制定不同的规则是卫生政策专家、政府官员和公众之间有争议的问题。我们的分析重点关注 2021 年 4 月公众对放宽接种疫苗者限制的支持水平和相关因素，即当时限制措施已经实施，并且在欧洲正在辩论仅对接种疫苗者有选择地放宽这些限制。我们使用法国（N=1752）、德国（N=1759）和瑞典（N=1754）的代表性配额样本。我们发现，在法国和德国，有轻微的多数人支持放宽对已接种疫苗者的限制，但在瑞典并非如此。疫苗犹豫是反对这种政策的强有力预测指标。此外，在法国和德国已经接种疫苗的人以及风险寻求程度较高的人表示更支持放宽对已接种疫苗者的限制。我们讨论了这对疫苗护照辩论的影响。
