If a high availability heuristic is present, there is a high susceptibility for imitation to occur. More people holding a negative perception of a mostly harmless vaccine can cause social interactions spreading these ideas. This can cause a reproduction of similar ideas and in turn cause less people to agree to take the vaccine. With less people immunized to a highly contagious virus, COVID-19 is destined to persist. 

How imitation hinders the eradication of COVID-19

- Ndeffo Mbah, M. L., Liu, J., Bauch, C. T., Tekel, Y. I., Medlock, J., Meyers, L. A., & Galvani, A. P. (2012). The impact of imitation on vaccination behavior in social contact networks. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3325186/

References for Imitation and COVID-19 progression

Imitation or the reproduction of a a performance based on a similar act stimulated by someone can have both a positive and negative effect on the progression of the COVID-19 vaccine. 

Wayne State University

There are several psychological factors that heavily effect the progression of the development of the COVID-19 vaccine. 

Psychological factors effecting COVID-19 vaccine progression 

- Demolle, E. S., Smith, E., Demolle, D., Demolle linkedin.com/company/tools4patient/, A. T., Smith info@tools4patient.com, E., Demolle linkedin.com/company/tools4patient/, D., & Says:, N. K. (2020, October 12). The placebo response: A hidden risk to Covid-19 trials. Retrieved from https://www.statnews.com/2020/10/13/placebo-response-a-hidden-risk-to-covid-19-trials/


Placebo references

The Placebo Effect plays a significant role in the progression of the COVID-19 vaccine. 



The effect of Placebo in the development of the COVID-19 vaccine

The availability heuristic plays a significant role in the progression of the COVID-19 vaccine.

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