Global interest in vaccines during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Evidence from Google Trends
COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) vaccines have become available; now, everyone has the opportunity to get vaccinated. We used Google Trends (GT) data to assess the global public interest in COVID-19 vaccines during the pandemic. For the analysis, a period of 17 months was chosen (from Jan 19, 202...
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| author | Aida Khakimova Leila Abdollahi Oleg Zolotarev Fakher Rahim |
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| description | COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) vaccines have become available; now, everyone has the opportunity to get vaccinated. We used Google Trends (GT) data to assess the global public interest in COVID-19 vaccines during the pandemic. For the analysis, a period of 17 months was chosen (from Jan 19, 2020, to Jul 04, 2021). Interest in user queries was tracked by keywords (corona vaccine, COVID-19 vaccine development, Sputnik v, Pfizer vaccine, AstraZeneca vaccine, etc.). The geographic analysis of queries was also carried out. The interest of users in the vaccine is significantly increasing. It is focused on the side effects of vaccines, and users pay attention to vaccines’ developers from different countries. The correlation between the scientific publications devoted to vaccine development and such requests of users on the internet is absent. This study shows that internet search patterns can be used to gauge public attitudes towards coronavirus vaccination. Safety concerns consistently high follow an interest in vaccine side effects. This data can be used to track and predict attitudes towards vaccination of populations from COVID-19 in different countries before global vaccination becomes available to help mitigate the adverse effects of the pandemic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d8f22290ff514c9c805e35799e9791b72022-12-21T22:10:33ZengElsevierVaccine: X2590-13622022-04-0110100152Global interest in vaccines during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Evidence from Google TrendsAida Khakimova0Leila Abdollahi1Oleg Zolotarev2Fakher Rahim3Department of Development of Scientific and Innovation Activities, Russian New University, Moscow, RussiaDepartment of Medical Library and Information Scince, School of Health Managment and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDepartment of Information Systems in Economics and Management, Russian New University, Moscow, RussiaMetabolomics and Genomics Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Health Research Institute, Thalassemia and Hemoglobinopathy Research Centre, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran; Corresponding author at: Health Research Institute, Thalassemia and Hemoglobinopathies Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) vaccines have become available; now, everyone has the opportunity to get vaccinated. We used Google Trends (GT) data to assess the global public interest in COVID-19 vaccines during the pandemic. For the analysis, a period of 17 months was chosen (from Jan 19, 2020, to Jul 04, 2021). Interest in user queries was tracked by keywords (corona vaccine, COVID-19 vaccine development, Sputnik v, Pfizer vaccine, AstraZeneca vaccine, etc.). The geographic analysis of queries was also carried out. The interest of users in the vaccine is significantly increasing. It is focused on the side effects of vaccines, and users pay attention to vaccines’ developers from different countries. The correlation between the scientific publications devoted to vaccine development and such requests of users on the internet is absent. This study shows that internet search patterns can be used to gauge public attitudes towards coronavirus vaccination. Safety concerns consistently high follow an interest in vaccine side effects. This data can be used to track and predict attitudes towards vaccination of populations from COVID-19 in different countries before global vaccination becomes available to help mitigate the adverse effects of the pandemic.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590136222000122Coronavirus vaccineCorona vaccineCOVID-19 vaccinePfizer vaccineAstraZeneca vaccineSputnik v |
| spellingShingle | Aida Khakimova Leila Abdollahi Oleg Zolotarev Fakher Rahim Global interest in vaccines during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Evidence from Google Trends Vaccine: X Coronavirus vaccine Corona vaccine COVID-19 vaccine Pfizer vaccine AstraZeneca vaccine Sputnik v |
| title | Global interest in vaccines during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Evidence from Google Trends |
| title_full | Global interest in vaccines during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Evidence from Google Trends |
| title_fullStr | Global interest in vaccines during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Evidence from Google Trends |
| title_full_unstemmed | Global interest in vaccines during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Evidence from Google Trends |
| title_short | Global interest in vaccines during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Evidence from Google Trends |
| title_sort | global interest in vaccines during the covid 19 pandemic evidence from google trends |
| topic | Coronavirus vaccine Corona vaccine COVID-19 vaccine Pfizer vaccine AstraZeneca vaccine Sputnik v |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590136222000122 |
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