Acceptability of a COVID19 Vaccine among the Saudi Population
lose their jobs and business regardless of their size and strength. Advanced countries started a race to
discover a treatment for this disease to either prevent humans from getting it or at least reduce the death rate and getting critically ill. Like any treatment, there are people who would accept taking it after knowing that
it had been approved by drug authorities while others would not because of false beliefs or because of
bad experiences. Saudi Arabia was one of the first countries which started a national campaign to
vaccinate all its population regardless of their nationality and legal status for free to get herd immunity
as well as to reopen all activities social and religious by increasing awareness about the safety of the
approved vaccine to increase people's uptake of it.
In an article titled “Acceptability of a COVID-19 Vaccine among the Saudi Population” published in 2021, a survey was conducted to measure how people are accepting the idea of getting the vaccine. The survey question was clear and relevant to the conducted study. Due to the novelty of COVID-19, I think this study adds something new to the field, especially after all the protective measures taken by the authorities to prevent the spread of the disease in terms of the willingness of people to take it even though the result of the study showed low acceptance rate. An exploratory question was asked to participants asking them about whether they would accept the vaccine if it were to be given for free. The study design of cross-sectional and an online survey was an appropriate way to first reach the targeted participants, and second to avoid direct contact using the snowball sampling method; this might have not been the best way, but it was appropriate during the pandemic. Participants tend to have sent the survey to other participants within their social media circle who share the same interest so we can see potential biases here which might have affected the result somehow. The study was performed according to the protocol starting from the authors all the way to figures and tables as well as the references and footnotes. The study went further with some investigations with its questions about the health status, past vaccination history, and whether or not compulsory vaccination, so it does state a tested hypothesis. The analysis of the study was performed probably using software and more than one model for age to make sure that the results are correct as much as possible. Due to the results, the conclusion emphasizes some suggestions to raise people’s awareness about the vaccination and how important they are to protect the population which would help to raise the uptake rate. Finally, as seen in the study, there is no conflict as per the author's declaration.
Populations all over the world had been waiting for a way out of the COVID-19 pandemic that hit
every part of the world. This pandemic has affected global health and the economy causing people tolose their jobs and business regardless of their size and strength. Advanced countries started a race to
discover a treatment for this disease to either prevent humans from getting it or at least reduce the death rate and getting critically ill. Like any treatment, there are people who would accept taking it after knowing that
it had been approved by drug authorities while others would not because of false beliefs or because of
bad experiences. Saudi Arabia was one of the first countries which started a national campaign to
vaccinate all its population regardless of their nationality and legal status for free to get herd immunity
as well as to reopen all activities social and religious by increasing awareness about the safety of the
approved vaccine to increase people's uptake of it.
In an article titled “Acceptability of a COVID-19 Vaccine among the Saudi Population” published in 2021, a survey was conducted to measure how people are accepting the idea of getting the vaccine. The survey question was clear and relevant to the conducted study. Due to the novelty of COVID-19, I think this study adds something new to the field, especially after all the protective measures taken by the authorities to prevent the spread of the disease in terms of the willingness of people to take it even though the result of the study showed low acceptance rate. An exploratory question was asked to participants asking them about whether they would accept the vaccine if it were to be given for free. The study design of cross-sectional and an online survey was an appropriate way to first reach the targeted participants, and second to avoid direct contact using the snowball sampling method; this might have not been the best way, but it was appropriate during the pandemic. Participants tend to have sent the survey to other participants within their social media circle who share the same interest so we can see potential biases here which might have affected the result somehow. The study was performed according to the protocol starting from the authors all the way to figures and tables as well as the references and footnotes. The study went further with some investigations with its questions about the health status, past vaccination history, and whether or not compulsory vaccination, so it does state a tested hypothesis. The analysis of the study was performed probably using software and more than one model for age to make sure that the results are correct as much as possible. Due to the results, the conclusion emphasizes some suggestions to raise people’s awareness about the vaccination and how important they are to protect the population which would help to raise the uptake rate. Finally, as seen in the study, there is no conflict as per the author's declaration.
Work cited
Alfageeh, E.I.; Alshareef, N.; Angawi, K.; Alhazmi, F.; Chirwa, G.C. Acceptability of a COVID19 Vaccine among the Saudi Population. Vaccines 2021, 9, 226. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9030226
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