Accepted for Publication: November 22, 2021.
Published Online: December 2, 2021. doi:10.1001/jama.2021.22122
Corresponding Author: Breanna Fernandes, University of Western Australia, Perth, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia (22981317@student.uwa.edu.au).
Author Contributions: Ms Fernandes had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.
Concept and design: Fernandes, Navin, Omer, Attwell.
Acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data: All authors.
Drafting of the manuscript: Fernandes, Navin, Attwell.
Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Fernandes, Navin, Reiss, Omer.
Statistical analysis: Fernandes.
Administrative, technical, or material support: Fernandes, Navin, Attwell.
Supervision: Attwell.
Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Reiss reported owning stock in GlaxoSmithKline and serving as an unpaid member of Moderna’s advisory ethics committee. Dr Attwell is a member of the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunization COVID-19 working group 2 and is a current recipient of a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award funded by the Australian Research Council of the Australian government (DE19000158). No other disclosures were reported.
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