Do people reduce compliance with COVID-19 guidelines following vaccination? A longitudinal analysis of matched UK adults.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

COVID-19 vaccines do not confer immediate immunity and vaccinated individuals may still be at risk of transmitting the virus. Governments have not exempted vaccinated individuals from behavioural measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19, such as practising social distancing. However, vaccinated individuals may have reduced compliance with these measures, given lower perceived risks.

Methods

We used monthly panel data from October 2020 to March 2021 in the UK COVID-19 Social Study to assess changes in compliance following vaccination. Compliance was measured with two items on compliance with guidelines in general and compliance with social distancing. We used matching to create comparable groups of individuals by month of vaccination (January, February or not va

SUBMITTER: Wright L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8275358 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature