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. 2024 Jan 18;4(1):e0002566. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002566

Table 2. Positive and negative information heard about the Ebola vaccine, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2021.

N (%)
Positive Information heard about the Ebola vaccine N = 631
    Yes 502 (79.6)
    No 102 (16.2)
    Declined to respond 27 (4.3)
    If you heard positive information, what information did you hear?* N = 502
    The vaccine is effective in protecting you from EVD 439 (87.5)
    The vaccine will protect my community 264 (52.6)
    The vaccine is good for you 211 (42.0)
    The vaccine is safe 189 (37.7)
    Other 12 (2.4)
Negative Information heard about the Ebola vaccine N = 631
    Yes 567 (89.9)
    No 50 (7.9)
    Declined to respond 14 (2.2)
    If you heard negative information, what information did you hear?* N = 567
    The vaccine makes you sick 358 (63.1)
    The vaccine causes infertility 320 (56.4)
    The vaccine is not safe 310 (54.7)
    The vaccine has side effects 295 (52.0)
    The vaccine gives you Ebola 255 (45.0)
    The vaccine is harmful to babies in pregnant women 147 (25.9)
    The vaccine will kill us 73 (12.9)
    Other 53 (9.3)

* Multiple selections were allowed; therefore, total proportions do not sum to 100%.