Are We Ready for the Arrival of the New COVID-19 Vaccinations? Great Promises and Unknown Challenges Still to Come
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Type of Anti-COVID-19 Vaccines, Their Efficacy and Safety, and Vaccination Strategies
3. Acceptance towards Anti-COVID-19 Vaccination
4. Role of Social Media in the Information/Communication Campaign, with a Particular Focus on Vaccine Hesitancy
5. A Case Study for Italy: A Twitter Volumes Analysis
6. Main Considerations and Challenges Ahead
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Date | ΔT | Main Events |
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20-10-2020 | 0.51 | Rumors about vaccine in December |
25-10-2020 | 0.55 | Press conference about vaccine in December |
9-11-2020 | 7.91 | Pfizer’s vaccine announced |
20-11-2020 | 0.56 | Skeptical statement on vaccine by a well-known physician |
2-12-2020 | 0.81 | Vaccination plan presented by Minister of Health |
26-12-2020 | 1.57 | First doses of vaccine arrive in Italy |
27-12-2020 | 1.71 | First day of vaccination in Italy |
24-01-2020 | 0.59 | Controversy over a call for a pavilion for vaccinations |
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Gori, D.; Reno, C.; Remondini, D.; Durazzi, F.; Fantini, M.P. Are We Ready for the Arrival of the New COVID-19 Vaccinations? Great Promises and Unknown Challenges Still to Come. Vaccines 2021, 9, 173. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9020173
Gori D, Reno C, Remondini D, Durazzi F, Fantini MP. Are We Ready for the Arrival of the New COVID-19 Vaccinations? Great Promises and Unknown Challenges Still to Come. Vaccines. 2021; 9(2):173. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9020173
Chicago/Turabian StyleGori, Davide, Chiara Reno, Daniel Remondini, Francesco Durazzi, and Maria Pia Fantini. 2021. "Are We Ready for the Arrival of the New COVID-19 Vaccinations? Great Promises and Unknown Challenges Still to Come" Vaccines 9, no. 2: 173. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9020173
APA StyleGori, D., Reno, C., Remondini, D., Durazzi, F., & Fantini, M. P. (2021). Are We Ready for the Arrival of the New COVID-19 Vaccinations? Great Promises and Unknown Challenges Still to Come. Vaccines, 9(2), 173. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9020173