Themes, Policies, and Attention Shifts Regarding COVID-19 Vaccinations in German-Speaking Regions: Infoveillance Study Using Tweets.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Societies worldwide have witnessed growing rifts separating advocates and opponents of vaccinations and other COVID-19 countermeasures. With the rollout of vaccination campaigns, the European German-speaking region (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland) initially exhibited a noticeably low vaccination uptake compared to other European regions. Later, uptake increased. It remains unclear which factors contributed to these changes.

Objective

This study aimed to shed light on the intricacies of vaccine hesitancy among the German-speaking population and the possible dynamics between policy changes and public concerns using web discourse data. These insights are valuable for policymakers tasked with making far-reaching decisions-policies need to effectively curb the sprea

SUBMITTER: Boland K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12619015 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature