Most people would get a COVID-19 vaccine if their government or employer recommended it, poll shows
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Most people would get a COVID-19 vaccine if their government or employer recommended it, results of a global poll showed on Tuesday, amid growing concerns about public distrust of the shots being developed at speed to end the pandemic.
Some 71.5% of participants said they would be very or somewhat likely to take a COVID-19 vaccine and 61.4% reported they would accept their employer’s recommendation to do so, according to the survey in June of more than 13,000 people in 19 countries.
The poll was overseen by the Vaccine Confidence Project (VCP), a global surveillance programme on vaccine trust funded by the European Commission and pharmaceutical companies among others, as well as Business Partners to CONVINCE, a U.S./British initiative that is partly government funded.
All respondents, regardless of nationality, said they would be less likely to accept a COVID-19 vaccine if it were mandated by employers.
There were regional differences in responses though, highlighting the polarisation in attitudes on the topic.
Almost 90% of participants in China said they accepted a vaccine, but the rate in Russia was less than 55%. In France, the positive response rate stood at 58.89%, compared with 75.4% in the United States.
