> In a study of vaccine hesitancy in the United Kingdom in late 2020—before Covid vaccines were available—researchers at Oxford University asked 5,114 people how willing they’d be to get vaccinated, and why or why not. Of the ones who said they wouldn’t, the most common reason was that they didn’t believe in its “collective importance.” They either didn’t think there was a dangerous pandemic going on (belief in conspiracy theories correlates with vaccine resistance) or they didn’t care that a vaccine would help other people.
Can't it be both?
>> In a study of vaccine hesitancy in the United Kingdom in late 2020—before Covid vaccines were available—researchers at Oxford University asked 5,114 people how willing they’d be to get vaccinated, and why or why not. Of the ones who said they wouldn’t, the most common reason was that they didn’t believe in its “collective importance.” They either didn’t think there was a dangerous pandemic going on (belief in conspiracy theories correlates with vaccine resistance) or they didn’t care that a vaccine would help other people.
Can't it be both?
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