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 Loe

Published 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.

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