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In November 2002, cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) appeared in Canton and later in Guangzhou, Beijing, Hanoi, Vietnam, Hong Kong and other cities in Southeast Asia. In 2012, 10 years after the SARS episode, another coronavirus respiratory syndrome developed in the Middle East and South Korea from Saudi Arabia. At the end of 2019, it was again "far from home" that a new episode in the evolution of coronaviruses took place. The ability of SARS coronaviruses to cross the species barrier is a major factor in the amplification of viral pathogens from host species to intermediate species and then to humans. Despite the 2002-2003 SARS episode, there is still no vaccine against SARS-CoV-1. Collectively, national and international health policy and research bodies ignored previous warnings. Covid-19 is still rampant in many countries as we enter the year 2021. © ISTE Ltd 2022.
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As the COVID-19 pandemic has sadly shown, the decision against vaccination is often linked to political ideologies and populist messages among specific segments of the population: People do not only have concerns about a potential health risk associated with vaccination but seem to have also adopted more populist attitudes towards science. In this study, the relationship between science-related populism and individuals' attitudes towards vaccination was examined, presuming that scientific-related populism also influences individual responses towards different vaccinations. As different types of diseases and their vaccines might be perceived rather distinctively by the public, different vaccinations were considered. The survey is based on responses from 870 people from Germany and Austria. Results indicate that science-related populism influences responses towards some vaccination types, especially for those that receive extensive media coverage such as COVID-19 and measles (MMR). There was no significant impact of science-related populism on individuals' vaccination intentions for other vaccines like seasonal influenza, human papillomavirus, or tick-borne encephalitis. In conclusion, limitations and directions for future research are addressed.
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Providing both personal and social benefits, vaccination may be motivated by collective responsibility (CR). Some previous studies have indicated the relationship between CR and vaccination but could not exclude confounding bias and had little knowledge about the boundary conditions. This study aimed to examine the association between CR and COVID-19 vaccine uptake and its boundary conditions in an extended version of the theory of planned behavior. A cross-sectional survey with 608 participants from six tourism satellite industries in Macao was conducted from 28 July 2021 to 20 August of 2021. Respondentss in CR-lower and CR-higher groups were 1:1 paired using propensity score matching (PSM) to control the potential confounding factors. Results showed participants in the CR-higher group reported significantly higher COVID-19 vaccine uptake than those in the CR-lower group (64.7% vs. 49.7%, p = 0.005). Multivariate logistic regression results indicated a positive association between CR and COVID-19 vaccine uptake (p = 0.012, OR = 2.070, 95% CI= 1.174 to 3.650) and its interaction effect with COVID-19 vaccine attitude (p = 0.019, OR = 0.922, 95% CI = 0.861 to 0.987). Spotlight analysis further illustrated that CR was more effective among individuals with a more negative COVID-19 vaccine attitude. These findings may help promote understanding of vaccine hesitancy, and hence optimize vaccination communication strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Der Beitrag fasst sozialwissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse zur Impfbereitschaft und Impfung mit einem COVID-19 Vakzin zusammen. Diskutiert werden Impfskepsis und Einflussfaktoren wie Sozialstruktur, Verschwörungsüberzeugungen, kollektive Verantwortung, Einstellungen zu alternativen Heilverfahren und zur Impfpflicht.Alternate :The article summarizes social science findings on vaccination readiness and vaccination with a COVID-19 vaccine. Vaccination skepticism and influencing factors such as social structure, conspiracy beliefs, collective responsibility, attitudes towards alternative healing methods and vaccinations are discussed.
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The COVID-19 pandemic rapidly affected every aspect of our day-to-day lives and soon also became a global challenge for healthcare systems. The key issues concern the health system's readiness for the "shock", the speed at which the outbreak of the "shock" was detected and responded to, how to cope with the "shock effect", and how to restore the system and learn. It is about what is known as system resistance. The aim of the research was to demonstrate the importance of collective and individual responsibility in the response to the pandemic "shock" in the chosen field of medicine: dentistry. A qualitative study of the case of the Slovenian healthcare system's resistance to the COVID-19 epidemic in terms of dental care in Slovenia was carried out. © 2021 Slovenian Sociological Association. All rights reserved.
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This article reports on a project that asked pre-service teachers to use science fictional and speculative storytelling to imagine the future of education. I explore the importance of making space for narrativizing and imagining educational and societal change with pre-service teachers, who are forming their pedagogical identities and perspectives, within the context of the current COVID-19 global pandemic. Various narrative approaches to future educational and pedagogical possibility are examined through thematic analysis of pre-service teachers’ future-based stories. This article signals the importance of using speculative storytelling to dismantle singular notions of what education might look like and the role that education might play in a changing society, particularly in the context of citizen-ship, community, and collective responsibility. © 2021 Intellect Ltd Article. English language.
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Purpose: The Italian government addressed the first wave of its COVID-19 outbreak with a series of social restrictions and calculative practices, all branded with the slogan #istayathome. The hashtag quickly went viral, becoming both a mandate and a mantra and, as the crisis played out, we witnessed the rise of the Italian social movement #istayathome. This study examines how the government's calculative practices led to #istayathome and the constituents that shaped this social movement. Design/methodology/approach: The authors embrace social movement theory and the collective identity perspective to examine #istayathome as a collective action and social movement. Using passive netnography, text mining and interpretative text analysis enhanced by machine learning, the authors analysed just over 350,000 tweets made during the period March to May 2020, each brandishing the hashtag #istayathome. Findings: The #istayathome movement gained traction as a response to the Italian government's call for collective action. Thus, people became an active part of mobilising collective responsibility, enhancing the government's plans. A collective identity on the part of the Italian people sustained the mass mobilisation, driven by cohesion, solidarity and a deep cultural trauma from COVID-19's dramatic effects. Popular culture and Italy's long traditions also helped to form the collective identity of #istayathome. This study found that calculative practices acted as a persuasive technology in forming this collective identity and mobilising people's collective action. Numbers stimulated the cognitive, moral and emotional connections of the social ties shaping collective identity and responsibility. Thus, through collective identity, calculative practices indirectly influenced mass social behaviors and the social movement. Originality/value: This study offers a novel theoretical perspective and empirical knowledge to explain how government power affects people's culture and everyday life. It unveils the sociological drivers that mobilise collective behaviors and enriches the accounting literature on the effects of calculative practices in managing emergencies. The study contributes to theory by providing an understanding of how calculative practices can influence collective behaviors and can be used to construct informal networks that go beyond the government's traditional formalities. © 2021, Matteo La Torre, Patrizia Di Tullio, Paola Tamburro, Maurizio Massaro and Michele Antonio Rea.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has infected millions around the world. Governments initially responded by requiring businesses to close and citizens to self-isolate, as well as funding vaccine research and implementing a range of technologies to monitor and limit the spread of the disease. This article considers the use of smartphone metadata and Bluetooth applications for public health surveillance purposes in relation to COVID-19. It undertakes ethical analysis of these measures, particularly in relation to collective moral responsibility, considering whether citizens ought, or should be compelled, to comply with government measures.