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Coronavirus – Research Paper

“It seems impossible that it’s been made so quickly”: a qualitative investigation of concerns about the speed of COVID-19 vaccine development and how these may be overcome

Poppy Browna Oxford Institute for Clinical Psychology Training and Research, Oxford, UK;b Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Felicity Waiteb Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK;c Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2749-1386View further author information
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Michael Larkind Institute of Health and Neurodevelopment, Aston University, Birmingham, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3304-7000View further author information
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Sinéad Lambeb Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK;c Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9543-8109View further author information
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Helen McShanee The Jenner Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Nuffield, Oxford, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2126-5142View further author information
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Andrew J. Pollardf Department of Paediatrics, Oxford Vaccine Group, Oxford, UKView further author information
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Daniel Freemanb Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK;c Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2541-2197View further author information
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Article: 2004808 | Received 05 Jul 2021, Accepted 08 Nov 2021, Published online: 16 Feb 2022

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