| New Poll Indicates Mass
Rejection Of Swine Flu Vaccine
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.
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Reference Source 183
October 22, 2009
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