I know I'm in danger of 'over-posting' but seems it's data week here in the UK and we don't get enough figures to look at to compare with anecdata and intuition etc. here.
The BBC have just published an article on the rise of vaccine distrust. Of course, this is from the expected MSM point of view of 'this is a bad thing' and with little serious mention of the particular issues with the covid jabs. They do, at least, talk about the fact that the covid vixens were originally sold as preventing infection, when they didn't. You can guess all the other talk up to support them of course (prevented serious disease etc.).
Anyway, what is more interesting from the general point of view here is the figures on their main graph giving us an idea of how trust has changed over time from August 2019 and that those distrustful of vaccines has risen to 30% in August 2024 - particularly rising from an initial 'hope bump' in covid vaccines (14% to 30%). The poll was by YouGov and polled 2000 people (with an initial distrust of vaccines of 20% in 2019).
The other 'upsetting' (heartening) statistics from this poll show only 1 in 5 healthcare workers are now 'boosting' with covid jabs and trust in flu vaccine has fallen significantly too. Also younger people are losing trust in them:
"The proportion of 18-24-year-olds, for example, who say that vaccines are safe and effective has fallen to under 60% in 2023 from 80% in 2019."
This really upsets Prof Heidi Larson, the director of the Vaccine Confidence Project at LSHTM, "Vaccine confidence across Europe is now really struggling and we can't just assume it's going to bounce back without a concerted effort."
The Rise of Vaccine Distrust - UK Edition
I know I'm in danger of 'over-posting' but seems it's data week here in the UK and we don't get enough figures to look at to compare with anecdata and intuition etc. here.
The BBC have just published an article on the rise of vaccine distrust. Of course, this is from the expected MSM point of view of 'this is a bad thing' and with little serious mention of the particular issues with the covid jabs. They do, at least, talk about the fact that the covid vixens were originally sold as preventing infection, when they didn't. You can guess all the other talk up to support them of course (prevented serious disease etc.).
Anyway, what is more interesting from the general point of view here is the figures on their main graph giving us an idea of how trust has changed over time from August 2019 and that those distrustful of vaccines has risen to 30% in August 2024 - particularly rising from an initial 'hope bump' in covid vaccines (14% to 30%). The poll was by YouGov and polled 2000 people (with an initial distrust of vaccines of 20% in 2019).
The other 'upsetting' (heartening) statistics from this poll show only 1 in 5 healthcare workers are now 'boosting' with covid jabs and trust in flu vaccine has fallen significantly too. Also younger people are losing trust in them:
"The proportion of 18-24-year-olds, for example, who say that vaccines are safe and effective has fallen to under 60% in 2023 from 80% in 2019."
This really upsets Prof Heidi Larson, the director of the Vaccine Confidence Project at LSHTM, "Vaccine confidence across Europe is now really struggling and we can't just assume it's going to bounce back without a concerted effort."
Full In-depth article here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1jgrlxx37do