Acceptance Towards COVID-19 Vaccination among the Lebanese Population: A Cross-Sectional Study |Biomedgrid

Introduction: The emergence of the covid-19 pandemic has created major health risks to humanity, in turn, the world has been waiting for a solution to end this pandemic. This research aims to study the acceptance towards the covid-19 vaccine among the Lebanese population and investigate the factors affecting the decision towards the vaccine. Methods: To obtain a clear insight about the propensity of the Lebanese population to take the vaccine, a cross-sectional study was conducted, data collected through a questionnaire based on google forms and distributed among the population via social media platforms. Results: 86.3% of the population believe that the pandemic poses major health risks to the society in Lebanon. Moreover, the respondents consider the source of the vaccine as a major determinant to whether they will take the vaccine, in fact (73.3%) trust the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. However, 77.1% of the sample worry that the vaccine will have side effects. In addition, over 90% of the population was observed to be following the restrictions and measures implemented to stop the spread of the virus. Conclusion: Within the limitations of this study, we can conclude that this study is the earliest attempt to assess the acceptance toward COVID-19 vaccination among the Lebanese population. The Lebanese population showed a moderately high acceptance rate for the vaccination, however, there is a notable percentage that needs to be directly addressed with any future awareness campaign which are the youth, and the people with low socioeconomic status.