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COVID-19 vaccination and mask wearing behaviors in the United States, August 2020 - June 2021

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  • Alternative Title:
    Expert Rev Vaccines
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  • Description:
    Background:

    During the rollout of COVID-19 vaccination, many states relaxed mask wearing requirements for those who were vaccinated. The aim of this study was to look at the association between vaccination status and mask wearing behaviors.

    Methods:

    Seven waves of surveys (n=6721) were conducted between August 2020 and June 2021. Participants were asked about initiation of COVID-19 vaccination and mask wearing behavior when going to work/school or a grocery store. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) from logistic regression were used to estimate associations between vaccination status and mask wearing at work/school and at the grocery store.

    Results:

    Between April and June 2021, mask wearing at work or school declined among both those vaccinated (74% to 49%) and unvaccinated (46% to 35%). There was a similar decline for mask wearing at grocery stores. The odds of wearing a mask among the vaccinated were 2.35 times higher at work/school (95% CI: 1.82, 3.04) and 1.65 times at a grocery store (95% CI: 1.29, 2.11).

    Conclusion:

    This study showed that mask wearing decreased after mask guidelines were relaxed, with consistently lower mask wearing among the unvaccinated, indicating a reluctance among the unvaccinated to adopt COVID-19 risk reduction behaviors.

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  • Source:
    Expert Rev Vaccines. 21(10):1487-1493
  • Pubmed ID:
    35856246
  • Pubmed Central ID:
    PMC9530007
  • Document Type:
    Journal Article
  • Funding:
    U01 IP001138/IP/NCIRD CDC HHSUnited States/
  • Volume:
    21
  • Issue:
    10
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    urn:sha-512:540561833867557748f6d1b41518c64caece58ad05a04c337a61587e334c19333c56fcbadf4176384a7c853243f77ec501bf79e7b14542dd282f163d37093bd5
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