Table 3.
Comparison of reasons for non-vaccination considered important between firm refusers and vaccine hesitants
| Reason | If you refuse now, would you be interested in receivingthe vaccine later? |
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|---|---|---|---|
| NoFirm RefusersN (%)*N = 137 | YesHesitantsN (%)*N = 391 | P value | |
| Have already had COVID in the past | 31 (31.0) | 67 (23.7) | .3386 |
| Just had the flu vaccine (or another vaccine) | 20 (16.5) | 107 (29.6) | .005 |
| Prefer other people get the vaccine first | 81 (70.4) | 323 (85.5) | <.0001 |
| Have a lack of information about the vaccine | 86 (69.9) | 303 (82.6) | .004 |
| Do not like needles/injections | 39 (30.7) | 59 (15.5) | <.0001 |
| Did not have enough time to take my decision | 67 (53.2) | 248 (66.7) | .01 |
| Do not trust the experts | 64 (59.3) | 79 (25.0) | <.0001 |
| Do not trust big pharma companies | 68 (60.7) | 117 (37.3) | <.0001 |
| Think the risks of the vaccine are greater than its benefits | 74 (74.0) | 125 (46.6) | <.0001 |
| Do not think the vaccine will protect me | 61 (65.6) | 84 (31.5) | <.0001 |
| Be concerned because this is a new vaccine | 107 (85.6) | 326 (87.8) | .6142 |
| Prefer to develop a natural immunity by getting COVID-19 | 67 (64.4) | 67 (21.4) | <.0001 |
| Believe COVID-19 is not dangerous for me | 48 (52.8) | 55 (17.9) | <.0001 |
| Had a bad reaction to a vaccine in the past | 52 (46.0) | 74 (21.0) | <.0001 |
| Have contraindications to the vaccine (eg. allergy) | 36 (37.5) | 70 (21.9) | .0002 |
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Proportion of Somewhat important / Very Important after exclusion of "I don't know" category.