[The COVID-19: pandemic, vaccination, social dispositions of Russians]

Probl Sotsialnoi Gig Zdravookhranenniiai Istor Med. 2021 Jul;29(4):831-836. doi: 10.32687/0869-866X-2021-29-4-831-836.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

The article describes, on the basis of the results of content analysis of posts and comments in social networks, the actual situation with coronavirus infection including its overcoming, security maintaining, possibility of risks and threats occurrence and acceptance/refusal of vaccination as well. The desk research technique was applied to analyze documents and publications of the WHO, live data from national resource www.стопкоронавирус.рф, statistical information, results of sociological surveys of leading sociological companies.It is demonstrated that how the situation concerning coronavirus and vaccination issues in various Russian regions changed, including causes of different dispositions of residents. Three stable social groups were identified, provisionally designated as optimists, moderate and pessimists. The classification is based on differences in assessment of the epidemiological situation.

Keywords: COVID-19; pandemic; quarantine regulations; social disposition; social group; vaccination.

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19* / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Pandemics*
  • Russia / epidemiology
  • Vaccination / statistics & numerical data*