Public Attitudes toward COVID-19 Vaccinations before Dawn in Japan: Ethics and Future Perspectives.

ABSTRACT: Improving public understanding and acceptance are critical for promoting coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination. However, how to promote COVID-19 vaccine programs remains controversial due to various ethical issues. This study, thus, aimed to survey the acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines among Japanese citizens and discuss relevant ethical issues. A cross-sectional survey was conducted via an online platform. An anonymous, quantitative, self-administered online questionnaire was sent to 6965 registered Japanese residents (20-79 years of age), which included questions regarding the respondent's general knowledge, experience, and opinions of vaccines, vaccine development, COVID-19, and COVID-19 vaccines. Of the 1569 respondents, 730 (46.5%) and 839 (53.5%) were categorized into the younger and olde

SUBMITTER: Nakada H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9091544 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature