Vaccine hesitancy may undermine fight against COVID-19, UK report says

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Vaccine hesitancy may undermine fight against COVID-19, UK report says

 

FILE PHOTO: Small bottles labelled with "Vaccine" stickers stand near a medical syringe in front of displayed "Coronavirus COVID-19" words in this illustration taken April 10, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

 

LONDON (Reuters) - An 80% uptake of a COVID-19 vaccine may be needed to protect communities from the novel coronavirus, but volatile levels of misinformation and vaccine mistrust could undermine efforts to tackle the pandemic, British scientists said on Tuesday.

 

A report by scientific institutions the British Academy and the Royal Society found that, in part due to circulating misinformation and behavioural factors, around 36% of people in Britain say they are either uncertain or very unlikely to agree to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

 

It said an "open dialogue" is critical to building public support for COVID-19 vaccination, and called for a "frank conversation" to manage public expectations that life will not immediately get back to normal when vaccines arrive.

 

"Vaccines and vaccination are two very different things. To achieve the estimated 80% of uptake of a vaccine required for community protection, we need a serious, well-funded and community-based public engagement strategy," said Melinda Mills, an Oxford University professor and expert in demographic science who led the report.

 

Opinion polls carried out before and during the COVID-19 pandemic across many countries show that confidence in vaccines is volatile, and that political polarization and online misinformation are likely to affect rates of uptake.

 

"We must learn from lessons of history and move away from the one-way provision of information and instead generate an open dialogue that addresses misinformation and does not dismiss people's real vaccine concerns and hesitancy," Mills said.

 

The report also said governments should plan now for a "phased and ethical" vaccine deployment based on transparent principles that are "sufficiently debated with the public to build understanding".

 

It recommended priority groups should include health and care workers and other high-risk occupations such as teachers, bus drivers and retail workers, as well as vulnerable groups in crowded situations such as the homeless and people in prisons.

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-11-10

 

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[TSF]

No problem whatsoever. If anybody refuses to take a vaccine that is their personal decision. However, everybody who choses to take a vaccine gets issued with a photo ID card by a hospital. This proof-of-vaccination card is then used like a drivers license ID card to get into various premises.  No card, no admittance to pubs/clubs, theaters, sports stadiums, concerts. No card, no getting on planes. The cards/proof of vaccination will also be required by most country's immigration. They will also no doubt become a requirement when applying for a job. So in many instances: No card, no work. 

[rosst]

9 hours ago, TSF said:

No problem whatsoever. If anybody refuses to take a vaccine that is their personal decision. However, everybody who choses to take a vaccine gets issued with a photo ID card by a hospital. This proof-of-vaccination card is then used like a drivers license ID card to get into various premises.  No card, no admittance to pubs/clubs, theaters, sports stadiums, concerts. No card, no getting on planes. The cards/proof of vaccination will also be required by most country's immigration. They will also no doubt become a requirement when applying for a job. So in many instances: No card, no work. 

Your assessment may be right and even though I am not an anti vaxxer, I can still respect their rights to their own body and their decisions. 

Yes there needs to be some places where they may not be admitted but most places by law will be unable to demand that they be vaccinated. 

I hope it doesn't come to that. 

More important to invite and inform discussion but it will definitely be an issue. 

[thaibeachlovers]

On 11/11/2020 at 4:54 PM, TSF said:

No problem whatsoever. If anybody refuses to take a vaccine that is their personal decision. However, everybody who choses to take a vaccine gets issued with a photo ID card by a hospital. This proof-of-vaccination card is then used like a drivers license ID card to get into various premises.  No card, no admittance to pubs/clubs, theaters, sports stadiums, concerts. No card, no getting on planes. The cards/proof of vaccination will also be required by most country's immigration. They will also no doubt become a requirement when applying for a job. So in many instances: No card, no work. 

No problem for me. I can do without any of that for the year or so that it will take to prove that there are no side effects.

 

Can't see not being vaccinated stopping anyone working. The country is already broke so there isn't enough IMO to pay dole for everyone unable to work because of government dictat, and they can't let them starve- that would look very bad on the nightly tv news.

[Expat Brad]

On 11/11/2020 at 10:54 AM, TSF said:

No problem whatsoever. If anybody refuses to take a vaccine that is their personal decision. However, everybody who choses to take a vaccine gets issued with a photo ID card by a hospital. This proof-of-vaccination card is then used like a drivers license ID card to get into various premises.  No card, no admittance to pubs/clubs, theaters, sports stadiums, concerts. No card, no getting on planes. The cards/proof of vaccination will also be required by most country's immigration. They will also no doubt become a requirement when applying for a job. So in many instances: No card, no work. 

So, you are suggesting MANDATORY vaccinations. 

[Natai Beach]

On 11/11/2020 at 8:27 PM, rosst said:

I can still respect their rights to their own body and their decisions. 

The problem with that is the people who refuse it will carry and spread and kill people who are unable to take it which are also the same people who are at risk of dying from it. 

I am not particularly worried about being infected myself but will get vaccinated so as not to kill other people that are unable to. Take one one for the team.

[Oldie]

There is a lot of financial and other pressure to bring out the vaccine as soon as possible. Some problematic cases can very quickly change the acceptance. So I am cautiously optimistic. I myself will wait and for a while. 

[thaibeachlovers]

2 hours ago, Expat Brad said:

So, you are suggesting MANDATORY vaccinations. 

They can't do that in NZ unless they change the law.

[thaibeachlovers]

2 hours ago, Natai Beach said:

The problem with that is the people who refuse it will carry and spread and kill people who are unable to take it which are also the same people who are at risk of dying from it. 

I am not particularly worried about being infected myself but will get vaccinated so as not to kill other people that are unable to. Take one one for the team.

Beginning of the corona lockdowns they were saying a vaccine would take from 2 to 5 years to produce, and this one isn't even a year.

However, anyone that wants to take it should go right ahead and do so, and I'll be waiting to see if any unintended side effects that didn't occur during the trials shows up.

Edited November 13, 2020 by thaibeachlovers

[Rancid]

It always astounds me that those that claim vaccines are perfectly safe are those that get their opinions from TV, a little reading away from the MSM reveals that there are people that die, there are those that get hideous side effects, and others just mildly ill. Over vaccination is also suspected in a range of child hood diseases becoming more common. Why have governments paid out billions in compensation?

 

If people want to take a vaccine that is their choice, but why the rabid hatred for those that don't? If you get your 80% uptake then that is herd immunity, how is it those that are vaccinated are still scared to death of catching whatever virus. And lets recall that the 80% is on top on the considerable percentage that already has natural immunity.

 

Forced vaccination is fascism pure and simple. You can't put lipstick on a pig and claim it isn't a pig.

[sidgy]

Completely agree it is/ should be every individuals right to refuse this vaccine. 

Personally, i cant wait until it is available for me to take as international travel is a necessity for my employment, that is what suits ME.      Should other people be forced to take something for the benefit of others, definately not