Posted on 10/15/2022 9:16:14 PM PDT by DoodleBob
Given the persisting waves of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among Americans, it is recommended that children take the COVID-19 vaccines to reduce its transmission. However...uptake... among children continues to be low.
A new study published in Preventive Medicine reports the results of a survey among parents in this country aimed at identifying the primary risk factors for parental vaccine hesitancy.
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Female parents were more likely to refuse to vaccinate their children, especially if they were Black – possibly due to a lack of trust in the political and medical system. Those who favored Republican ideology were also six times more likely to refuse than those leaning the other way. This indicates the need to broadcast a uniform message, irrespective of party lines, about the safety and effectiveness of vaccines.
Other risk factors included being an essential worker but not in healthcare, having a history of COVID-19, and not having taken the COVID-19 shot or flu shot. Parents who survived COVID-19 may have been more likely to downplay its severity, especially when compared to the unknown consequences of the vaccines.
Vaccination status, whether the parent and/or child had COVID-19 earlier, and the experience during the infection, all played a role. Parents who refused the vaccine had children who were more likely to be younger and to have escaped COVID-19 so far. They were also less likely to have had the seasonal flu shot.
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Among vaccine-willing parents, the two factors that drove the vaccine choice were the associated severe adverse effects and vaccine effectiveness. The most common reasons included fear of long-term health consequences and a perception that the vaccine was too new.
The duration of protection offered was also important, while relatively minor factors included the risk of hospitalization among the unvaccinated COVID-19 pediatric patients and local vaccine uptake rates.
(Excerpt) Read more at news-medical.net ...
Well, let’s see…Watching a dear 32-year-old coworker, a healthy athletic young man, keel over dead from a heart attack kind of did it for me.
I have many reasons for not getting the shot, but the simplest is that I don’t believe those pushing it have my best interest at heart.
Thank you.
I have to admit, I haven't peer reviewed other vaccines to see if they, too, prevent transmission.
This NY times editorial suggests that transmission isn't always a guarantee with a shot.
More to come, and I'll endeavor to use an editor next time!
I don’t know where you get off calling me names and making assumptions about what I have or have not done when I have never said or interacted with before. Take your name calling, shove up up your wazoo and never post to me again.
I haven't taken any shots, haven't promoted any shots and the post you replied to was evidence that children should not get the vax.
Who is the idiot? Your brain is already toast.
Oops! Well, now I have to apologize to you. lol
BTTT
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