The impact of pediatric influenza and COVID-19 hospitalization on parental attitudes toward vaccination
Piotr Rzymski, Barbara Szczepańska, Zuzanna Wasielewska, Małgorzata Pawłowska, Kamila Cywińska, Jan Świerczynski, Anna Dobrzeniecka, Ilona Małecka, Barbara Poniedziałek, Robert Flisiak, Dorota Zarębska-Michaluk · 2026
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Piotr Rzymski and colleagues asked whether watching your unvaccinated child hospitalized changes your mind about vaccines, and whether the virus matters. Their multicenter study appeared in Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics in 2026. Polish parents of children hospitalized with influenza or with COVID-19 answered surveys on regret, future vaccination plans, and willingness to urge other parents to vaccinate.
Influenza moved parents far more. Nearly two-thirds of flu parents regretted skipping vaccination, against under a quarter of COVID parents. The flu group was also far likelier to plan vaccination next season and to recommend it to others. Statistical adjustment left influenza hospitalization independently tied to regret and future intent. A twist appeared in the COVID group, where more parents wanted reminder messages than planned to vaccinate at all, suggesting openness without conviction. The authors say a hospital scare is a teachable moment, but its teaching depends on which disease did the scaring.
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| CREATOR | Piotr Rzymski, Barbara Szczepańska, Zuzanna Wasielewska, Małgorzata Pawłowska, Kamila Cywińska, Jan Świerczynski, Anna Dobrzeniecka, Ilona Małecka, Barbara Poniedziałek, Robert Flisiak, Dorota Zarębska-Michaluk |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |