The results of studies by European and American specialists who studied the change
We have conducted the largest study yet on how attitudes towards vaccines have changed globally and in 149 individual countries.Despite the fact that the level of European confidence in vaccines in general remains very low, there are hints that thisTrue, with the exception of some countries, such as Poland, where the anti-vaccination movement has intensified in the past two years.
Study authors
During the study, scientists conducted almost threehundreds of surveys in 149 countries of the world, covering a total of more than 284 thousand people. They answered three questions: do they consider vaccines safe, effective and important for the survival of humanity.
In connection with the coronavirus pandemic, the indicatorconfidence in vaccines is growing rapidly, except in some countries. So, in Russia, only 23% of Russians consider vaccinations to be absolutely safe, the report says.
On the other hand, the number of Russians who categorically refuse to be vaccinated (not only from coronavirus, but from any disease) is only 6.5%.
In general, the number of people who are confident invaccine safety in Russia has grown significantly in recent years, increasing from 18.1% in 2015 to 23.5% in December last year. Similarly, the share of people who are fundamentally not ready for vaccination decreased from 8.1% to 6.5%. Scientists have recorded similar patterns in how people's attitudes towards the importance and effectiveness of vaccinations have changed.
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