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"A comprehensive understanding of the current vaccine sentiment and potential determinants of people's behavior is critical for planning effective health communications to encourage uptake and successfully implementing population immunization."
In the early days of COVID-19 vaccine introduction, the public's confidence in and acceptance of these vaccines are unclear and changing, rendering achieving herd immunity challenging. This review compares trends and synthesises findings in vaccination receptivity over time across national (United States - US) and international polls, assessing survey design influences and evaluating context to inform policies and practices.
Data sources included academic literature and news and official reports surveying people's willingness to get a COVID-19 vaccine; 126 studies and surveys published between January 1 and October 20 2020 were selected. Table A4 in Appendix A in the paper summarises each survey's dates, country (if non-US), sample size, question wording, answer options, responses, key findings, and relevant factors.