40 Per Cent Of Kids Will Not Take Covid-19 Vaccine
An online survey conducted by the department of community medicine of Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, has revealed that 40 per cent parents have shown their unwillingness to get their kids administered any Covid-19 vaccine.
“We sent questions to 498 adults on their mobile phones in various parts of the country. The feedback suggests that about 40 parents are apprehensive about its after effect on kids’ body,” a senior doctor said requesting anonymity.
“Even around 35 per cent of participants have opted out of the vaccination for various reasons. We are preparing the report and will release it very soon,” he said. Medical experts call it vaccine hesitancy, a globally prevalent psychological phenomenon. It is due to a lack of trust for a vaccine. They say that on one hand there are people who are desperately waiting to get vaccinated, while at the same time a significant section is doubtful about its impact on the body.
Noted epidemiologist Dr Jayaprakash Muliyil says that people who are sceptical about Covid-19 vaccines are not fools, but they are rather smart ones.
