Distrust in Public Health Institutions Is a Stronger Predictor of Vaccine Hesitancy and Refusal than Trust in Trump

• In Event: Vaccine Hesitancy and COVID-19

Brief Overview

This study demonstrates that distrust in health authorities is a stronger predictor of hesitancy/low uptake than trust in Trump per se in the COVID-19 pandemic, though much attention has been placed on hesitancy among political conservatives.

Authors

• Yongjin Choi, University At Albany

• Ashley Fox, University At Albany