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. 2021 Aug 3;16(8):e0255447. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255447

Table 6. Reasons for accepting or not accepting the vaccine (September/October survey).

Willing to take COVID-19 vaccine n = 1010
To avoid catching COVID-19 918
To avoid illness 667
It is safe 408
Worried about becoming seriously ill 496
COVID-19 is deadlier than the seasonal flu 499
I always get the seasonal flu shot 192
I live with people who are high risk 384
I am high risk 84
I will be required to because of my job 130
Other (free form response) 116
Not willing to take COVID-19 vaccine n = 253
It will not work 21
Insufficient testing 173
Worried it will cause serious side effects 168
Worried it will cause bothersome side effects 122
Worried it would give me COVID-19 44
It is not safe 59
I am not at risk of catching COVID-19 23
I don’t know where I would get it 8
Other (free form response) 66