Attitudes toward mandatory COVID-19 vaccination in Germany
Author(s) -
Thomas Rieger,
Christoph SchmidtPetri,
Carsten Schröder
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
deutsches ärzteblatt international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.436
H-Index - 60
ISSN - 1866-0452
DOI - 10.3238/arztebl.m2022.0174
Subject(s) - vaccination , medicine , covid-19 , multivariate analysis , demography , population , politics , herd immunity , bivariate analysis , german , family medicine , environmental health , immunology , law , political science , disease , statistics , history , archaeology , sociology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , mathematics
Adequate immunity to COVID-19 apparently cannot be attained in Germany by voluntary vaccination alone, and therefore the introduction of mandatory COVID-19 vaccination is still under consideration. We present findings on the potential acceptance of such a requirement by the German population, and we report on the reasons given for accepting or rejecting it and how these reasons vary according to population subgroup.
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