Vaccine nationalism and internationalism: perspectives of COVID-19 vaccine trial participants in the United Kingdom.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vaccine nationalism has become a key topic of discussion during the development, testing, and rollout of COVID-19 vaccines. Media attention has highlighted the ways that global, coordinated access to vaccines has been limited during the pandemic. It has also exposed how some countries have secured vaccine supply, through bilateral purchase agreements and the way pharmaceutical companies have priced, negotiated, and delivered these supplies. Much of the focus of this debate has been on the vaccine supply 'winners' and 'losers', but the voices of public opinion have been more limited.

Methods

We explore the concepts of vaccine nationalism and internationalism from the perspective of vaccine trial participants, using an empirical perspectives study that involved inte

SUBMITTER: Vanderslott S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8526520 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature