COVID-19 vaccination campaigns and the production of mistrust among Roma and migrant populations in Italy
Achieving high rates of COVID-19 vaccination has become central to a return to normalcy in a post-pandemic world. Accordingly, exceptional measures, such as the regulation of immunity through vaccine passports and restrictions that distinguished between vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals, becam...
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| author | Elizabeth Storer Iliana Sarafian Costanza Torre Sara Vallerani Eloisa Franchi |
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| description | Achieving high rates of COVID-19 vaccination has become central to a return to normalcy in a post-pandemic world. Accordingly, exceptional measures, such as the regulation of immunity through vaccine passports and restrictions that distinguished between vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals, became a feature of vaccination campaigns in certain G7 countries. Such policies stand in tension with recent supranational European Union policies that seek to build inclusion and trust through engaging minoritised groups in vaccine campaigns. To explore this tension, we present novel ethnographic data produced with migrant and Roma communities in Italy. Our evidence suggests that under restrictive measures, many within these groups initially described as ‘vaccine hesitant’ have accepted a vaccine. Yet, rather than indicating successful civic engagement, we find that vaccine acceptance was tied to deepening mistrust in science and the state. Considering the structural socioeconomic, historical and cultural elements informing people’s vaccination choices, we propose a shift in emphasis towards equitable principles of engagement. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2b4fb0c3560941c0a9b45dc1ef3396102022-12-22T03:13:05ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Global Health2059-79082022-09-017910.1136/bmjgh-2022-009537COVID-19 vaccination campaigns and the production of mistrust among Roma and migrant populations in ItalyElizabeth Storer0Iliana Sarafian1Costanza Torre2Sara Vallerani3Eloisa Franchi4Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UKFiroz Lalji Institute for Africa, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UKFiroz Lalji Centre For Africa, London School of Economics, London, UKDepartment of Education Science, Rome Tre University, Rome, ItalyDepartment of General and Liver Transplant Surgery Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca` Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, ItalyAchieving high rates of COVID-19 vaccination has become central to a return to normalcy in a post-pandemic world. Accordingly, exceptional measures, such as the regulation of immunity through vaccine passports and restrictions that distinguished between vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals, became a feature of vaccination campaigns in certain G7 countries. Such policies stand in tension with recent supranational European Union policies that seek to build inclusion and trust through engaging minoritised groups in vaccine campaigns. To explore this tension, we present novel ethnographic data produced with migrant and Roma communities in Italy. Our evidence suggests that under restrictive measures, many within these groups initially described as ‘vaccine hesitant’ have accepted a vaccine. Yet, rather than indicating successful civic engagement, we find that vaccine acceptance was tied to deepening mistrust in science and the state. Considering the structural socioeconomic, historical and cultural elements informing people’s vaccination choices, we propose a shift in emphasis towards equitable principles of engagement.https://gh.bmj.com/content/7/9/e009537.full |
| spellingShingle | Elizabeth Storer Iliana Sarafian Costanza Torre Sara Vallerani Eloisa Franchi COVID-19 vaccination campaigns and the production of mistrust among Roma and migrant populations in Italy BMJ Global Health |
| title | COVID-19 vaccination campaigns and the production of mistrust among Roma and migrant populations in Italy |
| title_full | COVID-19 vaccination campaigns and the production of mistrust among Roma and migrant populations in Italy |
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| title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19 vaccination campaigns and the production of mistrust among Roma and migrant populations in Italy |
| title_short | COVID-19 vaccination campaigns and the production of mistrust among Roma and migrant populations in Italy |
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