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疫病発生時の政治的偏差:ポリオからCOVID-19までのアーカイブ調査データのメタ分析

  • 0At the time of the study, Caitlin L. McMurtry and Rachana Cheu were with the Brown School, Washington University, St. Louis, MO.

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まとめ

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COVID-19 時の政治的分極化は,米国における過去の疫病発生を大幅に上回り,特に感染の恐れやワクチンへの躊躇についてです. この分断は歴史的に典型的ではなく,将来の公衆衛生危機では予防可能である.

科学分野

  • 公衆衛生
  • 政治科学
  • 流行病学について

背景

  • 政治的二極化が米国で 懸念が高まっている.
  • 公共衛生の危機が社会に与える影響を 理解することは極めて重要です

研究 の 目的

  • COVID-19 パンデミックにおける政治的分極化を,米国における以前の疫病発生時の分極化と量的に比較する.
  • 歴史的傾向と比較して,COVID-19が公衆の懸念とワクチンへの躊躇を悪化させた程度を特定する.

主な方法

  • ランダム効果のメタ分析と混合効果のメタリグレッションを実施した.
  • 約70年にわたる13の疫病発生を対象とした170の世論調査を ロパー世論調査センターから採取したものです
  • COVID-19 と非 COVID-19 感染症の流行の間の関連性を推定した.

主要な成果

  • 感染の懸念に関する偏差は,過去発生の5倍でした.
  • ワクチン接種を躊躇する傾向は,過去流行の12倍でした.
  • コントロールされた分析では,COVID-19は,感染の懸念とワクチンの躊躇性において,それぞれ著しく高い二極化 (20.23および25.89パーセントポイント) と関連しており,これまでの予測を上回っていることが示された.

結論

  • COVID-19 パンデミックにおける政治的分極化は,近代アメリカ史における他の病気の流行に比べ,かなり高かった.
  • この発見は,健康危機における極端な二極化が,アウトブレイクの固有の特徴ではなく,将来的には緩和される可能性があることを示唆しています.

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