Table 4 Reasons for vaccine safety concerns and strength of beliefs (subsample of respondents who believed that the vaccine was unsafe)
Reason for concern about vaccine safety | % of subsample reporting reason | % of full sample reporting reason | % of subsample “very convinced” that the vaccine was unsafe |
|---|---|---|---|
Vaccine testing rushed | 32 | 6 | 65 |
Side effects | 20 | 4 | 53 |
General safety concerns | 12 | 2 | 61 |
Don’t trust | 10 | 2 | 42 |
Vaccine government plot | 6 | 1 | 54 |
Vaccine global plot | 6 | 1 | 35 |
Ineffective | 4 | 1 | 39 |
Vaccine will change DNA | 4 | 1 | 52 |
Lack of information or knowledge | 3 | 1 | 48 |
Vaccine fake for profit | 2 | < 1 | 51 |
Other | 2 | < 1 | 47 |
Wait and see | 2 | < 1 | 44 |