Katherine Kricorian|Rachel Civen|Ozlem Equils
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: misinformation and perceptions of vaccine safety
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health|Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
despite covid19s devastating toll many americans remain unwilling receive covid19 vaccine authors conducted us national survey understand health literacy adults regarding vaccine well covid19 beliefs experiences people believed covid19 vaccine unsafe less willing receive vaccine knew less virus likely believe covid19 vaccine myths average less educated lower income rural people believed vaccine safe results highlight importance developing clear health communications accessible individuals varied socioeconomic educational backgrounds