Politics plays pivotal role in how public buys into the Covid-19 vaccine
CATEGORY: Media and COVID-19
DATE: 24 February 2021
AUTHOR: Sowetan Live
DATE: 24 February 2021
AUTHOR: Sowetan Live
There is a strong relationship between politics and willingness to accept the Covid-19 vaccine.
This is the evidence presented in a study released on Wednesday.
The study – by the University of Johannesburg’s sociology department and the Human Sciences Research Council titled “Who wants the vaccine, who doesn’t and why” – revealed that people who were not willing to participate in elections and vote, and who did not support any political party, had a very low level of acceptance of the Covid-19 vaccine and would most likely not take it.
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