Which Aussies are least likely to get a COVID-19 jab?

Embargoed until: Publicly released: 2021-03-25 05:00

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Australian researchers surveyed 3,000 Aussie adults to investigate people's willingness to get vaccinated against COVID-19. They found nearly two-thirds would definitely get the vaccine, but nearly a third were slightly hesitant, around one in fourteen were highly hesitant, and around the same proportion refused the vaccine altogether. The most likely to be hesitant or resistant were women, people from poorer neighbourhoods, people who thought the threat of COVID-19 has been overstated, people with populist political views, and people who were more religious, the scientists say. Because hesitancy levels are high, alternative policy measures may well be needed to achieve sufficient vaccination coverage to end the pandemic, they say.