Highlights•The Covid-19 pandemic has seen political responses uniting and dividing
publics.•How governments handle the Covid-19 response impacts vaccine …

Background There is growing evidence of vaccine delays or refusals due to a lack of trust in
the importance, safety, or effectiveness of vaccines, alongside persisting access issues …

This paper uses the vocabulary of 'medical populism'to identify and analyse the political
constructions of (and responses to) the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, the Philippines, and …

Science is crucial for evidence-based decision-making. Public trust in scientists can help
decision makers act on the basis of the best available evidence, especially during crises …

As the world struggles to meet the challenges of vaccination against COVID-19, more
attention needs to be paid to issues faced by countries at different income levels. Middle …

Vaccine hesitancy is a continuum of behaviors ranging from delay in receipt to vaccination
refusal. Prior studies have typically focused on high-income countries, where vaccine …

Populism has emerged as a central explanation employed by both media outlets and
scholars for the mishandling of the COVID-19 crisis. Nonetheless, the relationship between …

We investigate the relationship between vaccination hesitancy and the way people feel
about their national groups. Antivaccination attitudes are associated with conspiracy beliefs …

Soon after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world saw far-right leaders uniting to
promote hydroxychloroquine despite controversial results. Why have some leaders actively …

Populists and the Pandemic examines the responses of populist political actors and parties
in 22 countries around the globe to the COVID-19 pandemic, in terms of their attitudes …