Younger people were twice as likely to reject a vaccine than 55 to 75-year-olds, the study shows.
Just over half of the UK would definitely get a coronavirus vaccine, with"damaging misperceptions" affecting potential uptake, a poll has revealed., researchers at King's College London and Ipsos Mori found.
One in six said they would definitely not get a vaccine or it would be very unlikely, the poll of 2,237 people between 16 and 75 showed. The study found that people were more likely to reject the vaccine because of their attitudes and beliefs about science and authority than reasons related toYoung people were twice as likely not to want a vaccine, with 22% of 16 to 34-year-olds saying they would not have one - compared to 11% of 55 to 75-year-olds.People who believe face masks are bad for people's health and do not reduce the spread of the virus were among those who disagreed with a vaccine.
Of those who said they would not get one, 34% believe the government is trying to control the population by getting them to wear masks and 36% think"too much fuss" is being made of the pandemic.
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