Table 2.

Summary of major findings

	Occurrences particular to the study participants
Themes	Topical Experiences from the dataset	GP	DP	AP	Experienced by ONE, SOME or ALL participants
Trust in vaccines	* The speedy process of developing the vaccines and the emergency authorization of the vaccine make some people vaccine skeptics *The perceived safety and trust of the Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine *The vaccine could potentially change the host DNA *General side effects of the vaccines are worrying	+   −   −   +	+   +   +   +	+   +   −   +	Some Some One Some
Trust in institutions	*Low trust in government *Miscommunication between government and health authorities *Government’s handling of previous pandemics is problematic *Pharmaceutical companies profiting from pandemics *The mistrust in the government and the institutions who are making the vaccines does not want to take responsibility for themselves	+   +   −   −   +	−   +   −   −   +	+   +   +   +   +	Some All One Some Some
Cultural or religious beliefs	*The vaccines are intended to reduce the fertility rate of black people *Immunization is incongruous with “God’s will” *Religious people more likely to side with their religious belief system over science whenever disputes such as vaccine skepticism arise *God is the ultimate protector of humans	+   +   +   +	−   −   −   −	+   +   +   +	Some Some Some Some

 +  = experienced by participants, −  = not experienced by participants

GP Ghana participants, DP Denmark participants, AP American participants