Announcing In Communities We Trust: Institutional Failures and Sustained Solutions for Vaccine Hesitancy, the second report from University of Michigan Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program's Technology Assessment Project (TAP). TAP anticipates the social, ethical, and equity dimensions implications of emerging technologies using an innovative analogical case study approach. Like our report on facial recognition in schools last year, this report analyzes the histories of similar technologies to help us understand the roots of vaccine hesitancy, and make policy recommendations.
Contrary to the dominant belief that has underpinned many COVID-19 vaccination strategies, not all hesitancy is the same, nor is it as simple as ignorance or antipathy towards science. Instead, our report analyzes the histories of similar technologies to show that the root causes of hesitancy are 1) limitations and failures in scientific and technical institutions, and 2) institutionalized mistreatment of marginalized communities.
Our policy recommendations offer pathways for scientific, public health, and medical institutions to restore public trust by building community relationships, increasing research and educational funding, and improving accountability and oversight. For each, we offer a model analogical case that demonstrates how a similar approach has been implemented elsewhere.
Questions about the report? Contact us at stpp@umich.edu.
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