In December 2020, a survey carried in the United Kingdom (UK) found that 80 percent of respondents believe it to be true that receiving a vaccine does not eliminate all risks of catching COVID-19 but means that individual is much less likely to catch COVID-19. Although, 25 percent of Brits believe the vaccine has been developed too quickly to be safe.
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Do you think that the following statements regarding the COVID-19 vaccines being used in the United Kingdom (UK) are true or false?
Characteristic
True
False
A vaccine does not eliminate all risk but means that individual is much less likely to catch COVID-19
80%
8%
A vaccine means that individual is less likely to develop serious symptoms even if they do catch COVID-19
76%
9%
A COVID-19 vaccine has been developed too quickly to be safe
25%
56%
A vaccine eleminates any risk of that individual catching COVID-19
23%
61%
A vaccine means it is impossible for that individual to transmit COVID-19 to other people
15%
58%
A COVID-19 vaccine will change the DNA of those who are given the vaccine
9%
74%
A COVID-19 vaccine includes a microscopic microchip
*Weighted base.
True shows the combination of 'know it is true' and 'suspect it is true' responses. False shows the combination of 'know it is false' and 'suspect it is false' responses/ Don't knows have been excluded.
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Yonder. (December 17, 2020). Do you think that the following statements regarding the COVID-19 vaccines being used in the United Kingdom (UK) are true or false? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1195254/knowledge-of-covid-19-vaccines-in-the-uk/
Yonder. "Do you think that the following statements regarding the COVID-19 vaccines being used in the United Kingdom (UK) are true or false?." Chart. December 17, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1195254/knowledge-of-covid-19-vaccines-in-the-uk/
Yonder. (2020). Do you think that the following statements regarding the COVID-19 vaccines being used in the United Kingdom (UK) are true or false?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1195254/knowledge-of-covid-19-vaccines-in-the-uk/
Yonder. "Do You Think That The following Statements regarding The Covid-19 Vaccines Being Used in The United Kingdom (Uk) Are True or False?." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Dec 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1195254/knowledge-of-covid-19-vaccines-in-the-uk/
Yonder, Do you think that the following statements regarding the COVID-19 vaccines being used in the United Kingdom (UK) are true or false? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1195254/knowledge-of-covid-19-vaccines-in-the-uk/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Do you think that the following statements regarding the COVID-19 vaccines being used in the United Kingdom (UK) are true or false? [Graph], Yonder, December 17, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1195254/knowledge-of-covid-19-vaccines-in-the-uk/
