With great hopes come great expectations: Access and adoption issues associated with COVID-19 vaccines

Zhaohui Su; Dean McDonnell; Ali Cheshmehzangi; Xiaoshan Li; Daniel Maestro; Sabina Šegalo; Junaid Ahmad; Xiaoning Hao

doi:10.2196/26111

With great hopes come great expectations: Access and adoption issues associated with COVID-19 vaccines

Zhaohui Su, Dean McDonnell, Ali Cheshmehzangi, Xiaoshan Li, Daniel Maestro, Sabina Šegalo, Junaid Ahmad, Xiaoning Hao

Department of Architecture and Built Environment

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Abstract

Although COVID-19 vaccines are becoming increasingly available, their ability to effectively control and contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic is highly contingent on an array of factors. This paper discusses how limitations to vaccine accessibility, issues associated with vaccine side effects, concerns regarding vaccine efficacy, along with the persistent prevalence of vaccine hesitancy among the public, including health care professionals, might impact the potential of COVID-19 vaccines to curb the pandemic. We draw insights from the literature to identify practical solutions that could boost people’s adoption of COVID-19 vaccines and their accessibility. We conclude with a discussion on health experts’ and government officials’ moral and ethical responsibilities to the public, even in light of the urgency to adopt and endorse “the greatest amount of good for the greatest number” utilitarian philosophy in controlling and managing the spread of COVID-19.

Original language	English
Article number	e26111
Journal	JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
Volume	7
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2196/26111
Publication status	Published - Aug 2021

Keywords

COVID-19
COVID-19 vaccine
China
Consequence
Coronavirus
Efficacy
Expectation
Infectious disease
Made in China
Public health
Public health
Safety
Standard
Vaccine
Vaccine efficacy
Vaccine safety

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Health Informatics
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

UN SDGs

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With great hopes come great expectations: Access and adoption issues associated with COVID-19 vaccines

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