Investigating Vaccine Buyer's Remorse: Post-Vaccination Decision Regret in COVID-19 Social Media Using Politically Diverse Human Annotation

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2604.09626v1
• Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:48:08 GMT
• Title: Investigating Vaccine Buyer's Remorse: Post-Vaccination Decision Regret in COVID-19 Social Media Using Politically Diverse Human Annotation
• Abstract summary: A significant gap exists in datasets regarding post-COVID-19 vaccination experiences, particularly vaccine buyer's remorse''<n>We curate a novel dataset from a large YouTube news corpus capturing COVID-19 vaccination experiences, and construct a benchmark subset focused on vaccine regret.<n>We utilize large language models (LLMs) to identify posts expressing vaccine regret, analyze the reasons behind this regret, and quantify its occurrence in both first and second-person accounts.
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• Abstract: A significant gap exists in datasets regarding post-COVID-19 vaccination experiences, particularly ``vaccine buyer's remorse''. Understanding the prevalence and nature of vaccine regret, whether based on personal or vicarious experiences, is vital for addressing vaccine hesitancy and refining public health communication. In this paper, we curate a novel dataset from a large YouTube news corpus capturing COVID-19 vaccination experiences, and construct a benchmark subset focused on vaccine regret, annotated by a politically diverse panel to account for the subjective and often politicized nature of the topic. We utilize large language models (LLMs) to identify posts expressing vaccine regret, analyze the reasons behind this regret, and quantify its occurrence in both first and second-person accounts. This paper aims to (1) quantify the prevalence of vaccine regret; (2) identify common reasons for this sentiment; (3) analyze differences between first-person and vicarious experiences; and (4) assess potential biases introduced by different LLMs. We find that while vaccine buyer's remorse appears in only $<2\%$ of public discourse, it is disproportionately concentrated in vaccine-skeptic influencer communities and is predominantly expressed through first-person narratives citing adverse health events.

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