Public opinion on a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy in France: a cross-sectional survey

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    Table 1: Rigor

    EthicsIRB: The study design was approved by the ethical committee of the University Hospital Institute Méditerranée Infection (#2021–001).
    Sex as a biological variablenot detected.
    RandomizationDesign and sample: Between the 10th and the 23rd of May 2021, we conducted a cross-sectional online survey among a representative sample of the French population aged 18 and over, with participants who were randomly selected from an online research panel of more than 750,000 nationally representative households of the general population.
    Blindingnot detected.
    Power Analysisnot detected.

    Table 2: Resources

    No key resources detected.


    Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).


    Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:
    Our study has several limitations. First, sample size is limited for the younger age groups, however the observations have been weighted for age, gender, professional categories, and living areas. Then, 2,244 respondents were aged 64 years or less and 812 were aged 65 or more. Older age and antecedents or intention to take up COVID-19 vaccination were great predictors of attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccine mandates. In addition, undecided respondents were not asked about their attitudes to a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for HCWs. As we observed that one third of the opponents to COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the general population were in favor of specific mandates for HCWs, we cannot estimated the true proportion of the population in favor of a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for HCWs and identified factors associated with such an attitude. In conclusion, the opinions toward COVID-19 vaccine mandates are split in France during the vaccination campaign in May 2021. COVID-19 vaccine mandates will be a highly political issue, one year before the next French presidential election. However, if France hits the glass ceiling and fails to achieve herd immunity, a mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policy should be accompanied by educational efforts targeted at younger adults. If a fourth wave hits France in the Autumn and if a more comprehensive outreach program is not put in place by then, the dilemma might well be: what would be less unacceptable: mandatory vaccination, or new containment m...

    Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.


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    Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.


    Results from rtransparent:
    • Thank you for including a conflict of interest statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
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    • No protocol registration statement was detected.

    Results from scite Reference Check: We found no unreliable references.


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