Vaccination intentions generate racial disparities in the societal persistence of COVID-19.

Autor: Wang Y; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02120, USA., Ristea A; School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02120, USA.; Boston Area Research Initiative, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02120, USA., Amiri M; School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02120, USA.; Boston Area Research Initiative, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02120, USA., Dooley D; Boston Public Health Commission, Boston, MA, 02118, USA., Gibbons S; School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02120, USA.; Boston Area Research Initiative, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02120, USA., Grabowski H; Center for Survey Research, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, 02125, USA.; Department of Sociology, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, 02125, USA., Hargraves JL; Center for Survey Research, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, 02125, USA., Kovacevic N; Center for Survey Research, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, 02125, USA., Roman A; Center for Survey Research, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, 02125, USA., Schutt RK; Department of Sociology, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, 02125, USA.; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, 02215, USA., Gao J; Department of Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 12180, USA., Wang Q; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02120, USA. q.wang@neu.edu.; Boston Area Research Initiative, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02120, USA. q.wang@neu.edu., O'Brien DT; School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02120, USA. d.obrien@neu.edu.; Boston Area Research Initiative, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02120, USA. d.obrien@neu.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Scientific reports [Sci Rep] 2021 Oct 07; Vol. 11 (1), pp. 19906. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Oct 07.
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-99248-2
Abstrakt: We combined survey, mobility, and infections data in greater Boston, MA to simulate the effects of racial disparities in the inclination to become vaccinated on continued infection rates and the attainment of herd immunity. The simulation projected marked inequities, with communities of color experiencing infection rates 3 times higher than predominantly White communities and reaching herd immunity 45 days later on average. Persuasion of individuals uncertain about vaccination was crucial to preventing the worst inequities but could only narrow them so far because 1/5th of Black and Latinx individuals said that they would never vaccinate. The results point to a need for well-crafted, compassionate messaging that reaches out to those most resistant to the vaccine.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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