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. 2022 Apr 4;17(4):e0266440. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0266440

Table 7. Reasons were given by participants for not receiving previous influenza vaccine (N = 344).

Reasons Frequency (%)
I have alternative protection 201 (58.4)
It has a serious side effect 190 (55.2)
The vaccine is not effective 163 (47.4)
It is not necessary because flu is just a minor illness 155 (45.1)
People who got the vaccine before is immune 94 (27.3)
It is expensive 91 (26.5)
Fear of needles and injection 90 (26.2)
I reacted to at the first time I attempted it 25 (7.3)