1 in 4 Adults Do Not Want To Get Vaccination for COVID-19: Recent Survey

As countries are rushing with vaccine trials, one in every four adults globally are scared to get vaccination for the novel coronavirus, as per a survey by the World Economic Forum. 

The reason behind it is mostly due to the side effects and effectiveness of the vaccine. Recently, a new survey confirmed that this proportion is relatively less in India at about 13 percent. 

According to Indian Express report, the survey was conducted between July 24 and August 7 by Ipsos, which is the world’s third-largest market research firm. The survey was conducted in countries like the US, Canada, Malaysia, South Africa, Turkey, South Korea, Peru, Argentina, Mexico, Spain, Netherlands, Sweden, and Italy. Also, in the survey, there were practically 20,000 adults from 27 nations. 

Meanwhile, Arnaud Bernaert, head of Shaping the Future of Health and Healthcare on the WEF told news agency PTI that “the 26 percent shortfall in vaccine confidence is significant enough to compromise the effectiveness of rolling out a Covid-19 vaccine. It is therefore critical that governments and the private sector come together to build confidence and ensure that manufacturing capacity meets the global supply of a COVID-19 vaccination programme. This will require cooperation between researchers and manufacturers and public funding arrangements that remove restrictions to vaccine access”.  

Highlighting about the survey, 74 percent respondents globally said they would get a vaccine for the novel coronavirus whether it is accessible. Also, nearly 59 percent do not think that people will likely be accessible earlier than 12 months. 

Finally, 59 percent respondents disagreed that a vaccine to treat COVID-19 will be available before the end of 2020.