Factors Involved in the Acceptance of the SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine, in a Latin American Country: A Remote Cross-Sectional Study, Using a COVID-19 Vaccination Questionnaire

Background: The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has had devastating effects all over the world. Particularly Mexico, continues being hit hard and has been identified as one of the highest countries with an infection to death rate in Latin-America. Technological advances have made it possible to develop novel vaccines in record time, leading to fear and misinformation around it. Methods: We did a cross-sectional study using a cohort of 1512 participants, using a COVID-19 vaccine questionnaire focusing on identifying key factors: fear of infection, xenophobia, vaccine adverse effects, vaccination hesitancy in children. We further related them to sociodemographic profile, general vaccination posture (interests in researching information, previous vaccination of influenza, etc.), and the economic perception it would have on the country. Findings: The general posture on vaccination correlates (p