Association of Death or Illness from COVID-19 Among Family and Friends on Vaccine Uptake Within Four Months of the Emergency Use Authorization. Findings from a National Survey in the United States

Overview

Journal Vaccine

Specialty Allergy & Immunology

Date 2023 Jan 22

PMID 36682984

Authors

Saurabh Kalra

Deepak Kalra

Irina Grafova

Julia Sass Rubin

Alan Monheit

Joel Cantor

Paul Duberstein

Soumitra S Bhuyan

Affiliations

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Abstract

Objective: To examine the relationship between knowing that a friend or family member became ill with, or died from, COVID-19 and receiving a vaccine dose within four months of the FDA's Emergency Use Authorization.

Methods: A national sample of 1,517 respondents were surveyed from April 7 to April 12, 2021, 1,193 of whom were eligible for the vaccine when the data were collected.

Results: Respondents who knew someone who became ill with COVID-19 (AOR = 2.32, 95 % CI 1.74-3.09) or knew someone who died (AOR = 2.29, 95 % CI 1.32-3.99) from COVID-19 were more likely to receive at least a single COVID-19 vaccine dose.

Conclusion: Encouraging people to share their COVID-19 illness and bereavement experiences with their local network such as friends, families, social-networks and via social media might help increase vaccine uptake.

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