COVID-19 vaccination, risk-compensatory behaviours, and contacts in the UK

© 2023. The Author(s)..

The physiological effects of vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) are well documented, yet the behavioural effects not well known. Risk compensation suggests that gains in personal safety, as a result of vaccination, are offset by increases in risky behaviour, such as socialising, commuting and working outside the home. This is potentially important because transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is driven by contacts, which could be amplified by vaccine-related risk compensation. Here, we show that behaviours were overall unrelated to personal vaccination, but-adjusting for variation in mitigation policies-were responsive to the level of vaccination in the wider population: individuals in the UK were risk compensating when rates of vaccination were rising. This effect was observed across four nations of the UK, each of which varied policies autonomously.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Scientific reports - 13(2023), 1 vom: 25. Mai, Seite 8441

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Buckell, John [VerfasserIn]
Jones, Joel [VerfasserIn]
Matthews, Philippa C [VerfasserIn]
Diamond, Sir Ian [VerfasserIn]
Rourke, Emma [VerfasserIn]
Studley, Ruth [VerfasserIn]
Cook, Duncan [VerfasserIn]
Walker, Ann Sarah [VerfasserIn]
Pouwels, Koen B [VerfasserIn]
COVID-19 Infection Survey Team [VerfasserIn]
Thomas, Tina [Sonstige Person]
Ayoubkhani, Daniel [Sonstige Person]
Black, Russell [Sonstige Person]
Felton, Antonio [Sonstige Person]
Crees, Megan [Sonstige Person]
Jones, Joel [Sonstige Person]
Lloyd, Lina [Sonstige Person]
Sutherland, Esther [Sonstige Person]
Pritchard, Emma [Sonstige Person]
Vihta, Karina-Doris [Sonstige Person]
Doherty, George [Sonstige Person]
Kavanagh, James [Sonstige Person]
Chau, Kevin K [Sonstige Person]
Hatch, Stephanie B [Sonstige Person]
Ebner, Daniel [Sonstige Person]
Ferreira, Lucas Martins [Sonstige Person]
Christott, Thomas [Sonstige Person]
Dejnirattisai, Wanwisa [Sonstige Person]
Mongkolsapaya, Juthathip [Sonstige Person]
Cameron, Sarah [Sonstige Person]
Tamblin-Hopper, Phoebe [Sonstige Person]
Wolna, Magda [Sonstige Person]
Brown, Rachael [Sonstige Person]
Cornall, Richard [Sonstige Person]
Screaton, Gavin [Sonstige Person]
Cox, Stuart [Sonstige Person]
Paddon, Kevin [Sonstige Person]
James, Tim [Sonstige Person]
House, Thomas [Sonstige Person]
Robotham, Julie [Sonstige Person]
Birrell, Paul [Sonstige Person]
Jordan, Helena [Sonstige Person]
Sheppard, Tim [Sonstige Person]
Athey, Graham [Sonstige Person]
Moody, Dan [Sonstige Person]
Curry, Leigh [Sonstige Person]
Brereton, Pamela [Sonstige Person]
Jarvis, Ian [Sonstige Person]
Godsmark, Anna [Sonstige Person]
Morris, George [Sonstige Person]
Mallick, Bobby [Sonstige Person]
Eeles, Phil [Sonstige Person]
Hay, Jodie [Sonstige Person]
VanSteenhouse, Harper [Sonstige Person]
Lee, Jessica [Sonstige Person]
White, Sean [Sonstige Person]
Evans, Tim [Sonstige Person]
Bloemberg, Lisa [Sonstige Person]
Allison, Katie [Sonstige Person]
Pandya, Anouska [Sonstige Person]
Davis, Sophie [Sonstige Person]
Conway, David I [Sonstige Person]
MacLeod, Margaret [Sonstige Person]
Cunningham, Chris [Sonstige Person]
Lythgoe, Katrina [Sonstige Person]
Bonsall, David [Sonstige Person]
Golubchik, Tanya [Sonstige Person]
Fryer, Helen [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

COVID-19 Vaccines
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 29.05.2023

Date Revised 06.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41598-023-34244-2

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM357332989