Vaccine misinformation, which first began spiraling during the Covid-19 pandemic, has grown in the United States in the years since, according to a new survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.
More than 1,500 adults responded to the survey between October 5 – 12 and according to the results, the share of people who viewed vaccines as less safe and effective has increased since April 2021, when the group was first included on a panel for the survey.
Americans are less likely to consider it safe to get the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), pneumonia and Covid-19 vaccines than they were in April 2021.
While still a small group, people with views about the vaccines causing autism, cancer and illnesses such as the flu or Covid-19 also ticked up.
Reminds me of a recent study where dog owners are starting to question the rabies vaccine
We’re going to live through a time where this “skepticism” results in old diseases coming back.
Man, I work with one of these people.
He mocked me because I got a flu shot and a covid booster last month.
But in the past year, he got “a really bad flu” three times already and still refuses to get vaccinated.
He will probably die young from the extra wear and tear of repetitive sickness. His lungs will be all scarred over, calloused, and grey. Yours will be all soft and pink.
how does vaccine misinformation lead to only 7% of adults taking the most recently available vaccination? there’s either some other reason (or a few other reasons) or 93% of people subconsciously desire a return of the pandemic. it cant be that, can it? maybe it’s partially availability or lack thereof, but it seems like that cant be the only reason.
vaccinations protect us when everyone we interact with gets vaccinated. that’s how it works… right?
That’s really surprising so me, everyone I know was waiting for the new booster like it was Taylor Swift tickets, avoiding events until two weeks after they got it, calling around to pharmacies 50 miles away to get it a few days early. It was required for my work.
I live in a very liberal, very affluent Bay Area county, I don’t know if that’s related.
I think a huge part of this is because there has been no real follow up demonstrating the successes of vaccination, I’m sure plenty of studies have been done and everything but no one hears about them - meanwhile antivax are obsessively memeing every possible thing that could help their cause true or not.
That’s their right. I’m just glad we have access.
