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New Poll Indicates Mass Rejection Of Swine Flu Vaccine
62% of Americans will refuse jab to due to safety
concerns
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A new scientific poll has found that the vast majority
of Americans have no intention of rolling up their sleeves for
the H1N1 vaccine because they do not trust government assurances
that the shot is safe.
In the week that the first H1N1 vaccines have
become available, 62% of respondents to ABC
News/Washington Post survey said they will probably
not get vaccinated, while 30% said they are not confident in
the shot's safety.
The poll shows that the vast majority of Americans
would rather risk sickness than trust their government's advice
of necessity, indicating that the $16
million federal propaganda effort is failing.
In addition, the survey reveals that around four
parents out of ten say they have no intention of allowing their
children to receive the vaccine.
Over half of respondents in that group said that
the primary reason they would not allow their kids to be vaccinated
was because of the possibility of side effects and suspicions
that the shot has not been adequately tested.
The rest cited the belief that H1N1 was not serious
enough to warrant vaccination or that getting the shot was not
"worth the trouble".
The results come despite the fact that concerns
over getting the flu have also increased significantly from
39% to 52%. More people are worried over H1N1 than they were
over bird flu and SARS in 2006 and 2003 respectively, according
to the poll.
"These results suggest that encouraging vaccinations
depends not merely on warning people about getting the flu but
as much on persuading doubters that the vaccine is safe."
The ABC report states.
The numbers in the ABC/Washington Post poll dovetail almost
exactly with those in recent AP,
Consumer
Reports and Harvard
University surveys.
Elsewhere there have been mixed reports on the
uptake of the vaccine. Some clinics have reported thousands
lining up on the streets to get the vaccine, while
others have reported very
low turnouts.
(Picture - reportedly 1700 people queued up to
be vaccinated against swine flu in Rockville, Maryland. Many
had to be turned away.)
Chicago has taken the step of making
the vaccine free for pregnant women; health-care
workers; caregivers of children younger than 6 months; children
and adults under 24, and adults who have underlying medical
conditions.
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