Youth without COVID-19 immunization: between individualism and mistrust

Abstract

The aim of the present work is to analyze the different discourses of the COVID-19 unvaccinated young people in the Community of Madrid, in order to understand the motivations and internal coherences that they express to legitimize non-vaccination. For this purpose, we will carry out a methodological triangulation composed of in-depth interviews, ethnography of urban spaces and social network analysis focused on Telegram groups. Thus, we have analyzed the qualitative materials through Grounded Theory procedures and critical discourse analysis. Finally, the three key discursive dimensions found are presented as a result: the right to individual autonomy, social and political manipulation and distrust towards vaccines on scientific grounds.