Attitude and perception of COVID-19 vaccines and healthcare workers: Correspondence.

Abstract

Dear Editor, We would like to discuss the article titled “Attitude and perception of COVID-19 vaccines in healthcare workers.[1]” Ubale et al.[1] investigated healthcare workers’ (HCWs’) knowledge, attitude, and practices about the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine. The study questionnaire was provided both online (using Google forms) and offline.[1] Ubale et al.[1] concluded that challenges to motivating HCWs, family physicians, and the general population must be addressed by focusing on factors such as information and education, vaccine side effects, and vaccine availability, all of which should be highlighted to immunize the maximum population. Improving public faith in authorities, medical experts, and scientists is crucial for raising immunization rates and ensuring that skeptics can easily obtain accurate information. Local public health measures to restrict COVID-19 may face support or opposition depending on a variety of reasons. The most prominent example is vaccine fear, which has been connected to trust in the local healthcare system.[2] The amount of trust a person has in their community’s public health system determines how prepared they are to undertake public health measures for epidemic management during the COVID-19 outbreak.[3] There is evidence that when people’s circumstances change, so do their attitudes toward immunization. People’s accepting choices appear to shift as their circumstances change. Understanding the series of hesitant events that ensue is crucial. It is vital to comprehend the several hesitating phenomena that follow. A longitudinal study paradigm should be employed to examine the effects of COVID-19 immunization, local public health activities against COVID-19, and changing local COVID-19 epidemic status. Finally, the combined techniques in the present study, both online and offline, might have problems with reliability. This topic should be in discussed in depth. Financial support and sponsorship Nil. Conflicts of interest There are no conflicts of interest.