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Article

Two-Tailed Dogs, Social Unrest and COVID-19 Vaccination: Politics, Hesitancy and Vaccine Choice in Hungary and Thailand

by
Robin Goodwin
1,
Lan Anh Nguyen Luu
2,
Juthatip Wiwattanapantuwong
3,*,
Mónika Kovács
2,
Panrapee Suttiwan
3 and
Yafit Levin
4
1
Faculty of Psychology, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
2
Institute of Intercultural Psychology and Education, Eötvös Loránd University, 1075 Budapest, Hungary
3
Faculty of Psychology, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
4
Department of Social Work and Education, Ariel University, Ariel 4076414, Israel
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Vaccines 2022, 10(5), 789; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10050789
Submission received: 11 April 2022 / Revised: 10 May 2022 / Accepted: 11 May 2022 / Published: 16 May 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Emerging Issues Regarding COVID-19 Vaccination Behavior, Intention, and Resistance: Interdisciplinary Approaches)
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Abstract

Background: A long tradition of research has shown an association between political orientation and vaccine uptake. However, we know little about political preferences and the choice of specific vaccines. Methods: We conducted two national surveys, in Hungary (Study 1, online, n = 1130) and Thailand (Study 2, on the street survey: n = 1052), testing associations between political allegiance, trust in government, vaccine willingness, and vaccine choice. Results: In Hungary, those supporting the government or on the political right were more willing to be vaccinated, with this association strongest for government approved vaccines. These respondents were also more likely to accept Chinese and Russian vaccines and reject the Moderna vaccine. In Thailand, vaccinated respondents reported greater trust in the government, with preference for AstraZeneca associated with support for pro-government political parties and preference for Pfizer with anti-government attitudes. Conclusions: Vaccine campaigns need to recognise the role of political loyalties not only in vaccine willingness, but in vaccine choice, especially given the mixing of vaccines across doses.
Keywords: vaccines; politics; Hungary; Thailand; culture vaccines; politics; Hungary; Thailand; culture

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Goodwin, R.; Nguyen Luu, L.A.; Wiwattanapantuwong, J.; Kovács, M.; Suttiwan, P.; Levin, Y. Two-Tailed Dogs, Social Unrest and COVID-19 Vaccination: Politics, Hesitancy and Vaccine Choice in Hungary and Thailand. Vaccines 2022, 10, 789. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10050789

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Goodwin R, Nguyen Luu LA, Wiwattanapantuwong J, Kovács M, Suttiwan P, Levin Y. Two-Tailed Dogs, Social Unrest and COVID-19 Vaccination: Politics, Hesitancy and Vaccine Choice in Hungary and Thailand. Vaccines. 2022; 10(5):789. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10050789

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Goodwin, Robin, Lan Anh Nguyen Luu, Juthatip Wiwattanapantuwong, Mónika Kovács, Panrapee Suttiwan, and Yafit Levin. 2022. "Two-Tailed Dogs, Social Unrest and COVID-19 Vaccination: Politics, Hesitancy and Vaccine Choice in Hungary and Thailand" Vaccines 10, no. 5: 789. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10050789

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Goodwin, R., Nguyen Luu, L. A., Wiwattanapantuwong, J., Kovács, M., Suttiwan, P., & Levin, Y. (2022). Two-Tailed Dogs, Social Unrest and COVID-19 Vaccination: Politics, Hesitancy and Vaccine Choice in Hungary and Thailand. Vaccines, 10(5), 789. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10050789

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