Talk:Motivation and emotion/Book/2021/COVID-19 vaccine motivation

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Hello, I noticed that in your overview you have referenced APA 6th edition style instead of 7. In the new edition for in-text citation for a work with three or more authors, include the name of only the first author plus "et al." in every citation. I hope you don't mind that I've made these changes. Your topic chapter is really robust, good work! --U3065868 (discuss • contribs) 08:32, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi! Book chapter is looking great so far and really interesting read! I liked your inclusion of reflective exercises. I think your chapter would benefit from including some possible answers to these reflection activities or possible case studies to solidify knowledge in your reader. All the best for the rest of this chapter! --Anna u3200574 (discuss • contribs) 08:26, 17 October 2021 (UTC)

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Hello, this is a great topic, just thinking it would be very interesting to explore the reasons people might be skeptical and misinformation affects people's motivation to get the vaccine. Thank you, Ksenia --Takudzwa14 (discuss • contribs) 09:21, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

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Hello, I can see that you have mentioned the relationship between parents and vaccination and the health outcomes for children. I think you will find this thesis by Cathy Frazer very helpful https://doi.org/10.25911/5d63bcd4a9cea. It discusses how important it is to ensure effective science communication is provided to parents for the immunisation of children in order to protect children against preventable diseases. This is very current topic for a book chapter and is very pertinent in the current climate, best of luck. Thank you, Ksenia --U3217975 (discuss • contribs) 06:17, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

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-- Jtneill - Talk - c 13:09, 7 September 2021 (UTC)

Helpful article
Hi, your chapter looks like it coming together nicely! I have found an article for your "social identity and misinformation" section that may help provide an additional explanation in regard to group membership and norms during the COVID-19 pandemic. Marmarosh et al. (2020) break down the effects of the pandemic and quarantining into sizable bites, notably a section about group cohesion in times of distress and loneliness and the benefits of groups. The recency of the COVID-19 pandemic means the article is very current, although, literature continues to grow as the pandemic continues. I hope this resource is valuable to your chapter progression. --CharliU3203035 (discuss • contribs) 23:56, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

Discussion
This resource seems a bit biased. I started a general discussion about this topic over at and rather than repeat myself here, I'll invite you to have a look and join that discussion if you wish. Personally, while I don't object to vaccination per se I do object to vaccination mandates and believe it is in the public interest for others to do so as well. There seems to be a frequent presumption (not just in this resource) that many of those people who object are "misinformed" and phrases like "vaccine hesitancy" presume indecisiveness. Please join the discussion on the main covid-19 talk page if you are interested. I encourage you to consider what I've written there. AP295 (discuss • contribs) 13:43, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

I"ll make a few (hopefully constructive) suggestions. Briefly skimming the resource, it seems as though the potential for conflicts of interest is only alluded to once: "...or scepticism towards the interests of companies that produce vaccines (Fedele et al, 2021)". I don't think "skepticism" is the right word. Such concerns are well-justified and probably deserve a bit more analysis. Also, I strongly object to any presumption of a dichotomy between "vaccine acceptance" and "vaccine hesitance". If someone decides they do not want to receive a vaccine (for whatever reason), it would not be accurate to call them "vaccine hesitant". If you are not concerned with addressing this group, then perhaps it's better identify them and say so explicitly at the beginning. AP295 (discuss • contribs) 14:37, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

-- Jtneill - Talk - c 07:28, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

-- Jtneill - Talk - c 04:32, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Forced vaccines
If this or similar topics are revisited in future chapters, care should be taken not to misrepresent those who decline to receive a vaccine as ignorant or misinformed about its safety or effectiveness, which I feel is a very common trend in the media and receives a great deal of emphasis in this resource. You can cite surveys but when the media's 'discourse' largely follows this narrow track, it becomes a bit self-fulfilling. One should not be forced to receive an injection from someone they don't trust, regardless of what some clinical trial shows. If someone thinks that citing health effects is the most reasonable or popular objection, that's what they're going to say even if it's not exactly how they feel. It's a conflict of interest when so much public policy and guidelines are used to force injected product upon an entire nation. People with comorbidities in the 70+ age group accounted for the vast majority of covid-19 mortality. That is to say, people who were on their last legs. I sympathize with those who've lost people to covid-19, but living to 75 and dying of a bad flu is really not such a bad way to go. To force vaccines upon not at risk groups like college students (usually without even respecting natural immunity) is senseless and violating. A cash grab at the expense of liberty and decency. This is why people don't trust these companies and certainly don't want an injection from them, and that's their prerogative. AP295 (discuss • contribs) 09:11, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

I didn't see that I had already commented earlier on this, so pardon me for making multiple sections. AP295 (discuss • contribs) 09:27, 22 December 2023 (UTC)