Covid vaccine hesitancy in England and Wales is being overcome, study finds
by Natalie Grover from World news | The Guardian on (#5FQ8H)
More than 80% of people who were reluctant to accept a jab in December have changed their mind
More than four in five people who said last December they were either uncertain about or intended to refuse a Covid-19 vaccine had changed their mind by February and had accepted a jab or planned to, an analysis has found.
Researchers tracked responses of 14,713 adults in England and Wales over the two months, finding that the change was consistent across all ethnic groups and all levels of social deprivation. The results are encouraging given minority ethnic people have been hit hardest by Covid but are among the least likely to take up the vaccine.
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