Concern about side effects of vaccines was not driving hesitancy or opposition, the report said. Instead, holdouts are more likely to distrust vaccines in general.
Report author and research fellow Maxim Ananyev said the findings could be interpreted in at least two ways.
Non-partisan advice could work
“The first one is optimistically: politically uncommitted Australians are just less attentive and thus slower to pick up messages about vaccine efficacy and safety. Therefore, perhaps in time they will come around to getting vaccinated.
“The second interpretation is more pessimistic: politically uncommitted people are so disengaged that none of the messages around vaccines are likely to reach them.
“While the rates of vaccine hesitancy remain high for the politically uncommitted, it has reduced from 51 per cent in June to 25 per cent in October, which supports the more optimistic scenario.”
Dr Ananyev said evidence suggested that non-partisan advice on vaccine efficacy could be the…
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