Identification of Community Trust: A Case Study of the Covid-19 Vaccine Discovery Phenomenon

Abstract

People's beliefs or beliefs are at the core of aspects of behavior, culture, norms, values and habits that influence a person's perception and actions towards an object. Public trust in vaccines is an important issue that must be considered because a person's lack of interest in vaccinating can lead to vaccine rejection or the formation of an anti-vaccine movement, so that it can affect the status of disease outbreaks. The purpose of this study is to explore in-depth information about what factors and how these factors can affect the confidence of the people of the city of Samarinda towards the discovery of the covid-19 vaccine. The research method used is qualitative research, namely research that is descriptive in nature describing an observation with an approach that is carried out using case studies that focus on certain cases, to be observed, analyzed and investigated until the completion of a program or process carried out, The results of this study are the public's trust which is caused by the influence of social media, television news broadcasts, the role and support of the family, public awareness of the benefits and vulnerabilities that will be felt and the current gravity of the Covid- 19 disease, so that the information obtained and concerns about Health conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic affect people's confidence in receiving the Covid-19 vaccine. The benefits of this research on public trust in the covid-19 vaccine are knowing the factors that cause public distrust of the covid-19 vaccine and can describe public trust in the covid-19 vaccine that supports and encourages the public to be able to receive new information so that they are ready to prevent covid-19 through vaccination .