07-11-2021, 11:46 AM
(05-21-2021, 05:58 PM)jeffster Wrote: That said, there are a lot of people that are going to avoid it for other reasons. You do have anti-vaxxers, who are against vaccines of any type for any reason. You also have conspiracy theorists regarding this vaccine. The craziest one I heard is that since 1974, the WHO has been working on a disease (Covid-19) that would require a vaccine (the ones currently available) that would sterilize women, so we'd have population control. Also many minorities don't trust public servants (especially the police) and are less likely to be vaccinated.
Lots of other factors as well haven't helped, such as poor media reporting (concentrating on side affects), poor information from all levels of government (like flip flopping on AZ vaccine). Lots of misinformation on social media. Hopefully though we can get to 70%+ for those 12 and up....and I'd imagine that those under 12 might be approved at some point (not because there is much risk, but there would be less spread potential).
Revisiting this a month and a half later ... Ontario is now at 68.90% vaccinated (first shot only, but it indicates those people are willing to get vaccinated), and that's of total population. Of the eligible (12+) population we are at about 79% right now. We are making awesome vaccination progress now, and still no significant portion of the population with hesitancy (ignoring the preference for a specific vaccine here).
US states have big variations in vaccination levels and hesitancy (Vermont 74% one dose, Mississippi under 40%); Canadian provinces are impressively consistent on this.