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To understand mRNA vaccine hesitancy, stop calling the public anti-science

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Fig. 1: Opinions on mRNA vaccines.
Fig. 2: Patterns of trust according to participants’ opinion on the statement “There is still a lot we don't know about the long-term side effects of mRNA vaccines”.

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Acknowledgements

This study was part of a project labeled as a National Research Priority by the National Orientation Committee for Therapeutic Trials and other research on COVID-19 (CAPNET). The investigators would like to acknowledge ANRS|Emerging infectious diseases for their scientific support and the French Ministry of Health and Prevention and the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation for their funding and support. This work was also supported by a grant from the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-22- CE36-0015-01).

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  1. Unité des Virus Émergents (UVE), Aix-Marseille Univ, Università di Corsica, IRD 190, INSERM 1207, IRBA, Marseille, France

    Patrick Peretti-Watel

  2. ORS Paca, Southeastern Health Regional Observatory, Marseille, France

    Patrick Peretti-Watel & Pierre Verger

  3. CERMES3 (INSERM, CNRS, EHESS, Université de Paris), Villejuif, France

    Jeremy K. Ward

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Peretti-Watel, P., Verger, P. & Ward, J.K. To understand mRNA vaccine hesitancy, stop calling the public anti-science. Nat Med 30, 923–924 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-024-02816-y

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