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When COVID-19 vaccines were first rolled out in the UK, most people were eager to get protected. But for a small group, the decision wasn’t straightforward. For people with allergies (or who believed they had allergies vaccination) came with an extra layer of fear. Media stories about allergic reactions, early mixed messages from regulators, andContinue reading “Managing allergy-related COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: A multi-methods analysis of practitioner notes and referral outcomes”

This study was a nightmare, the survey was hosted on LimeSurvey (which remains one of the least intuitive platforms I’ve ever used), suffered badly from survey bloat, and had zero analysis plan going in. Recruitment was a constant struggle, which led to some frantic learning about web-scraping email addresses and then more frantic learning aboutContinue reading “Non-pharmaceutical interventions and risk of COVID-19 infection: survey of UK public from November 2020–May 2021”

This is probably my favourite of my COVID-era papers. It was one of those rare projects where everything moved at speed: we started planning in early January, had data coming in by early February, analysis wrapped up by March, and a pre-print out by April. Sadly, that’s also where things slowed to a crawl, withContinue reading “COVID-19 vaccination beliefs, attitudes, and behaviours among health and social care workers in the UK: A mixed-methods study”

When the first COVID-19 lockdown began in England, there was growing concern that routine childhood vaccinations might quietly fall by the wayside. Messages such as “stay at home” and “protect the NHS” were essential for controlling the pandemic, but we were worried about an unintended consequence: parents being unsure whether routine childhood vaccinations were stillContinue reading “Parents’ and guardians’ views and experiences of accessing routine childhood vaccinations during COVID-19”

As the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded, it became clear that developing a vaccine would only be part of the challenge. Even before any vaccine was available, questions were already emerging about whether people would be willing to accept it, particularly when it came to vaccinating children. The aim of this study wasContinue reading “Parents’ and guardians’ views on the acceptability of a future COVID-19 vaccine”