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TomCADem

(17,378 posts)
Sat Jul 24, 2021, 08:26 PM Jul 2021

Philippine vaccine hesitancy drops as safety concerns ebb, poll shows

It is amazing how in the U.S. you have a Republican Party and media happy to gaslight people in order to promote vaccine hesitancy and the spread of COVID while in other areas of the world, there simply are not enough vaccines and even with hesitancy, you have a growing willingness to take vaccines.

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/philippine-vaccine-hesitancy-drops-safety-concerns-ebb-poll-shows-2021-07-12/

MANILA, July 12 (Reuters) - The number of Filipinos willing to get inoculated against the coronavirus rose to 43% in June from just 16% in February, an opinion poll showed on Monday, as concerns over the safety of vaccines eased.

The Pulse Asia survey of 2,400 respondents took place from June 7 to 16, more than three months after the Philippines began its vaccination drive on March 1.

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The Philippines has in recent years had difficulty in combating mistrust in government-issued vaccines over concern about a dengue vaccine. But according to government data, of the first 6.2 million COVID-19 vaccine recipients, only 0.6% reported an adverse reaction and only 65 infections were reported among recipients of two doses, with no deaths.

With more than 1.47 million infections and over 5,200 deaths, the Philippines has one of the highest coronavirus caseloads in Asia.
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