COVID: The three barriers that stop people being vaccinated

[2greys]

Getting everyone in a country vaccinated is like watching software updates load: it whizzes along for the first 80% or so and then seems to take forever to finish the rest. Around 80% of the UK adult population has received at least one dose of the vaccine.

To fully vaccinate all adults is going to take a final big push. For it to be successful, those responsible for the vaccine rollout need to ensure that the public are sufficiently capable, have sufficient opportunity, and are sufficiently motivated to take the vaccine.

Capability is about having the knowledge and skills to take up the vaccine. For example, some people might not have had enough information to convince them that the vaccine is safe. They may not know when, where and how to get the vaccine. Or they may not be able to make plans to have the vaccine.

Opportunity is about having the necessary conditions to take up the vaccine. For example, someone might not have the encouragement or social support from family and friends. Or the vaccine might not be available in their region, so they don’t have the opportunity to be immunised.

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[teenieleek]

Yes, all that is great but I know someone, 40 years old, female, law degree, practising solicitor who will not have the vaccine because “it has not been sufficiently tested”. She is not an anti vaccine person, her children have had all their jags but she is adamant she will not have it. I don’t understand it but it must always be her choice.

[Tryfan in reply to teenieleek]

I suppose you could suggest that with 35m in the uk. Probably over 150m world wide what more testing do you need.

[teenieleek in reply to Tryfan]

“We don’t know what the long term effects might be” is her view.

[2greys in reply to teenieleek]

Switch that argument around.

What are the long term affects of not being vaccinated, getting the virus? Plus as the years goes by, getting older, the more at risk one is.

[PhilGM in reply to 2greys]

Think that is fair enough, my wife and I plus daughters in their forties have had all jabs but I do not think children and very young people should have it. The risk from Covid for them is almost non existent and really know one knows if there are any long term vaccine effects to health as they simply haven’t been around long enough.

[teenieleek]

Yes, I couldn’t wait to get mine.