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The power of choice: Experimental evidence that freedom to choose a vaccine against COVID-19 improves willingness to be vaccinated
Ending the COVID-19 pandemic will require rapid and large-scale uptake of vaccines against the disease. The European Commission has authorized three vaccines so far, and first doses have already been delivered and administered across Europe [5]. However, patients cannot usually choose between vaccines, and Dal-Ré, Stephens and Sreeharan [4] argued in their recent letter to the Editor that restricting freedom of choice may increase vaccination hesitancy, threatening uptake and the achievement of herd immunity.When is it reasonable to extrapolate during a pandemic?: The case of broad UK labeling for AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
Amid an unprecedented surge of COVID-19 cases in the UK, with an increasing number due to a novel more infectious SARS-CoV-2 variant,[1] the UK regulatory agency (MHRA) granted emergency approval to the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on 30 December 2020. The target population includes adults and elderly. The posology consisting of two separate doses given 4-12 weeks apart. Almost simultaneously, the UK health authorities recommended a dose interval of 12 weeks for both COVID-19 authorized vaccines (Pfizer/BioNTech; AstraZeneca), due to the shortage of doses and to vaccinate the highest number of citizens.“Let me choose my COVID-19 vaccine”
In the first half of 2021, many millions of Europeans will be offered vaccination against SARS -CoV-2. Four vaccines, two mRNA-based vaccines (Pfizer-BioNTech and NIH-Moderna) and two non-replicating viral vector-based vaccines (Oxford-AstraZeneca and Janssen) will likely be available through national health services (NHS). Should citizens accept the vaccine provided by their NHS or should they have the option of selecting the vaccine of their choice?
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