In December 2020, a survey carried out in the UK found that 61 percent of respondents who indicated they did not want to receive a vaccination against COVID-19 are unwilling to do so because they are worried about unknown side effects of the vaccine. Furthermore, 15 percent of those skeptical of receiving the vaccine don't believe it will be effective.
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Share of selected reasons why people indicated they do not want to receive a vaccine against COVID-19 in the United Kingdom, as of December 2020
Characteristic
Share of responses
I think we know too little of the vaccine's side effects
61%
I don't know enough about the vaccine or the vaccination process
35%
I don't think I am a priority group
28%
I don't think the vaccine is safe for me to take
25%
I don't trust the organizations that developed the vaccines
19%
I don't think the vaccine will be effective
15%
I don't think I am at risk of COVID-19
13%
I think COVID-19 has been exaggerated by governments or the media, or is a hoax
12%
I think the vaccination process is costing the country too much money
*Weighted base.
Question was worded in the source as: "You have indicated that you do not want to take a COVID-19 vaccine. Why do you not want to take a COVID-19 vaccine?"
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Yonder. (December 17, 2020). Share of selected reasons why people indicated they do not want to receive a vaccine against COVID-19 in the United Kingdom, as of December 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1195371/reason-for-not-taking-covid-19-vaccine-used-in-the-uk/
Yonder. "Share of selected reasons why people indicated they do not want to receive a vaccine against COVID-19 in the United Kingdom, as of December 2020." Chart. December 17, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1195371/reason-for-not-taking-covid-19-vaccine-used-in-the-uk/
Yonder. (2020). Share of selected reasons why people indicated they do not want to receive a vaccine against COVID-19 in the United Kingdom, as of December 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1195371/reason-for-not-taking-covid-19-vaccine-used-in-the-uk/
Yonder. "Share of Selected Reasons Why People Indicated They Do Not Want to Receive a Vaccine against Covid-19 in The United Kingdom, as of December 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Dec 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1195371/reason-for-not-taking-covid-19-vaccine-used-in-the-uk/
Yonder, Share of selected reasons why people indicated they do not want to receive a vaccine against COVID-19 in the United Kingdom, as of December 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1195371/reason-for-not-taking-covid-19-vaccine-used-in-the-uk/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Share of selected reasons why people indicated they do not want to receive a vaccine against COVID-19 in the United Kingdom, as of December 2020 [Graph], Yonder, December 17, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1195371/reason-for-not-taking-covid-19-vaccine-used-in-the-uk/
