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Editor, Senior Moderator
J Public Health (Oxf)
. 2022 Jan 8;fdab404.
doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdab404. Online ahead of print.
Prior COVID-19 infection: an underappreciated factor in vaccine hesitancy in the USA
D Phuong Do[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Reanne Frank[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Despite tremendous efforts to quickly identify the 'vaccine hesitant' in the USA, what has emerged instead is a complex picture of a highly heterogeneous unvaccinated population. Although numerous factors have been implicated in influencing US COVID-19 vaccine decision-making, the role that prior coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection may play in vaccine receipt has been largely uninvestigated. Using data from two separate US national surveys, the US COVID-19 Trends and Impact Survey and the Household Pulse Survey, we find that roughly one-quarter of unvaccinated survey respondents has had a prior COVID-19 infection. Prior COVID-19 infection halves the odds of receiving the vaccine. This information is consequential for ongoing vaccine outreach efforts.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARs-Cov-2; prior COVID-19 infection; vaccine hesitancy; vaccines.
. 2022 Jan 8;fdab404.
doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdab404. Online ahead of print.
Prior COVID-19 infection: an underappreciated factor in vaccine hesitancy in the USA
D Phuong Do[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Reanne Frank[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35020935
- DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdab404
Abstract
Despite tremendous efforts to quickly identify the 'vaccine hesitant' in the USA, what has emerged instead is a complex picture of a highly heterogeneous unvaccinated population. Although numerous factors have been implicated in influencing US COVID-19 vaccine decision-making, the role that prior coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection may play in vaccine receipt has been largely uninvestigated. Using data from two separate US national surveys, the US COVID-19 Trends and Impact Survey and the Household Pulse Survey, we find that roughly one-quarter of unvaccinated survey respondents has had a prior COVID-19 infection. Prior COVID-19 infection halves the odds of receiving the vaccine. This information is consequential for ongoing vaccine outreach efforts.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARs-Cov-2; prior COVID-19 infection; vaccine hesitancy; vaccines.
