Abstract
Widespread Public Misunderstanding of Pivotal Trials for COVID-19 Vaccines May Damage Public Confidence in All Vaccines.
Highlights
Vaccine hesitancy—the reluctance or refusal to vaccinate despite the availability of vaccines—was already considered a major threat to public health, even before development of novel COVID-19 vaccines [1]
There may be misunderstanding about testing the vaccines underwent. This misunderstanding may lead to unrealistic public expectations about what mass vaccination will achieve
Public health researchers and other readers of medical journals will know that pivotal randomized control trials (RCTs) underpinning approval of COVID-19 vaccines did not set out to, and did not, test if the vaccines prevent transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus
Summary
Keywords: COVID-19, vaccination, randomized control trial (RCT), vaccine hesitancy, public understanding Edited by: Jessica Gall Myrick, The Pennsylvania State University (PSU), United States Specialty section: This article was submitted to Public Health Policy, a section of the journal Frontiers in Public Health Citation: Gibson J (2022) Widespread Public Misunderstanding of Pivotal Trials for COVID-19 Vaccines May Damage Public Confidence in All Vaccines.
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