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Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.20901/pm.60.2.06

Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and National Security – A Serbian Case Study

Vanja Rokvić orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-8382-4616 ; Faculty of Security Studies, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia


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Abstract

Drawing on the research findings of the survey and a review of the scientific‎ and professional literature, this paper seeks to indicate a correlation between ‎vaccine hesitancy and national security. On the one hand, the paper argues that ‎health is of particular concern to the modern sovereign state and its security,‎ and that the vaccine as a civilizational achievement is one of the most vital‎ mechanisms for safeguarding public health and, by extension, national security.‎ On the other hand, the paper contends that vaccine hesitancy should also‎ be considered a threat to national security. What vaccine hesitancy means and ‎what factors contribute to it is something of a blind spot in Serbia’s public and‎ academic discourse. The survey findings have shown that vaccine hesitancy ‎is influenced by various factors and conclude that Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy ‎in Serbia can be considered a threat to national security.‎

Keywords

National Security; Vaccine Hesitancy; Public Health; Covid-19; Serbia

Hrčak ID:

304812

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/304812

Publication date:

28.6.2023.

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