COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among the vaccinated: a cross-sectional survey

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy was lower among males, older individuals, those who were married, those with additional private commercial insurance, and those who had a number of supportive colleagues and friends who had received the vaccine. Misunderstandings of the safety profile of the vaccine and the related adverse events were associated with a higher rate of vaccine hesitancy. Education efforts should seek to reduce vaccine hesitancy by improving understandings of the safety profile and adverse events related to the COVID-19 vaccine, emphasizing the benefit-to-risk ratio both at the individual level and from a socioeconomic perspective. Reducing vaccine hesitancy will increase the uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine, which in turn will reduce morbidity, mortality, and hospitalization, including ICU and critical care admission, thus decreasing the social and economic burden.