US state vaccine mandates did not influence COVID-19 vaccination rates but reduced uptake of COVID-19 boosters and flu vaccines compared to bans on vaccine restrictions
成果类型：
Article
署名作者：
Rains, Stephen A.; Richards, Adam S.
署名单位：
University of Arizona
刊物名称：
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ISSN/ISSBN：
0027-13986
DOI：
10.1073/pnas.2313610121
发表日期：
2024-02-20
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摘要：
During the COVID- 19 pandemic, some US states mandated vaccination for certain citizens. We used state- level data from the CDC to test whether vaccine mandates predicted changes in COVID- 19 vaccine uptake, as well as related voluntary behaviors involving COVID- 19 boosters and seasonal influenza vaccines. Results showed that COVID- 19 vaccine adoption did not significantly change in the weeks before and after states implemented vaccine mandates, suggesting that mandates did not directly impact COVID- 19 vaccination. Compared to states that banned vaccine restrictions, however, states with mandates had lower levels of COVID- 19 booster adoption as well as adult and child flu vaccination, especially when residents initially were less likely to vaccinate for COVID- 19. This research supports the notion that governmental restrictions in the form of vaccination mandates can have unintended negative consequences, not necessarily by reducing uptake of the mandated vaccine, but by reducing adoption of other voluntary vaccines.