Australia; NSW
People from countries where there is a high level of trust in science are more likely to be confident about vaccination, according to Australian and international research. The study used data from the 2018 Wellcome Global Monitor survey covering over 120,000 respondents in 126 countries, to look at how a societies trust in science is related to vaccine confidence. Australasia was among the regions with the highest trust in science while South America, eastern Europe and Africa had some of the lowest levels of trust. The study found that in countries with a high level of trust in science, people are more likely to be confident about vaccination, over and above their individual-level of scientific trust.
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