Injection fears and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy.
Daniel FreemanSinéad LambeLy-Mee YuJason FreemanAndrew ChadwickCristian VaccariFelicity WaiteLaina RosebrockAriane PetitSamantha VanderslottStephan LewandowskyMichael LarkinStefania InnocentiHelen McShaneAndrew J PollardBao Sheng LoePublished in: Psychological medicine (2021)
Across the adult population, blood-injection-injury fears may explain approximately 10% of cases of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. Addressing such fears will likely improve the effectiveness of vaccination programmes.