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Type Journal Article
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title Stamping the vaccine passport? Public support for lifting COVID-19 related restrictions for vaccinated citizens in France, Germany, and Sweden
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Florian Stoeckel
  • Sabrina Stöckli
  • Joseph Phillips
  • Benjamin Lyons
  • Vittorio Mérola
  • Matthew Barnfield
  • Paula Szewach
  • Jack Thompson
  • Jason Reifler
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
Journal Title Vaccine
Publisher Elsevier
Geographical Reach international
ISSN 0264-410X
Volume 40
Number 38
Page Range 5615 - 5620
Date 2022
Abstract Text During the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries implemented restrictions to limit the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus (e.g. travel restrictions and lockdowns). One path to loosening restrictions is to do so selectively only for vaccinated individuals (e.g. by implementing vaccine passports domestically or as a prerequisite for international travel). Setting different rules based on people’s vaccination status is however a contentious issue among health policy experts, government officials, and the public. Our analysis focuses on the levels and correlates of public support for the lifting of restrictions for the vaccinated in April 2021, i.e. at a time when restrictions were in place and a selective lifting of these restrictions just for the vaccinated was debated in Europe. We use representative quota samples of the populations of France (N = 1,752), Germany (N = 1,759), and Sweden (N = 1,754). We find that a slight plurality support lifting restrictions for the vaccinated in France and Germany but not in Sweden. Vaccine hesitancy emerges as strong predictor of opposition to such a policy. Additionally, individuals who are already vaccinated (in France and Germany) and who are higher in risk-seeking express more support for the lifting of restrictions for the vaccinated. We discuss implications for the debate on vaccine passports.
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Digital Object Identifier 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.08.009
Other Identification Number merlin-id:24123
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Keywords Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Veterinary, General Immunology and Microbiology, Molecular Medicine