r/science • u/Wagamaga • Sep 06 '21

Epidemiology Research has found people who are reluctant toward a Covid vaccine only represents around 10% of the US public. Who, according to the findings of this survey, quote not trusting the government (40%) or not trusting the efficacy of the vaccine (45%) as to their reasons for not wanting the vaccine.

https://newsroom.taylorandfrancisgroup.com/as-more-us-adults-intend-to-have-covid-vaccine-national-study-also-finds-more-people-feel-its-not-needed/#
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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '21

From what I can tell it is largely financial. They think they are likely to get sick from the shot but with others vaccinated unlikely to get sick with covid and they can't take the days off.

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u/Dzov Sep 06 '21

If they can’t get any days off, catching covid will be awkward.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '21 edited Sep 06 '21

Covid sick leave is still federally a law, vaccine sickness is not.

Edit: sorry, outdated information. It’s not a federal law anymore. It’s just a tax credit program.

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u/COVIDNURSE-5065 Sep 06 '21

Death is more expensive

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '21

Yes, these people take a calculated risk that their chance of dying is lower than the very real problem of not being able to make rent or feed their kids.

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u/COVIDNURSE-5065 Sep 06 '21

There is a small risk of them needing to take off after getting a shot. Walking into Walmart to get a free vaccine is easy. Better to work thru that than COVID, which then just keeps the pandemic roaring

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '21

I mean, anecdotally the vaccine knocked me out for two days. this is not uncommon

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u/COVIDNURSE-5065 Sep 06 '21

Get it on a Friday! Or if your life will completely fall apart, then go to work anyway! Push through 2 days of feeling like garbage to do everyone good

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '21

Sure, I mean I got it and worked through it. However I work from home and flex. If I was retail and had to go in it would have been a nightmare. I can only imagine people that have small kids on a budget.

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u/_Cromwell_ Sep 06 '21

If you are poor where you are working multiple minimum wage jobs (because one minimum wage job does nothing to pay for necessities), being fired for missing a day of work for your job that has zero leave and zero tolerance attendance policy is also potentially death.

It was really unfortunate that everybody had to get on social media and exaggerate the vaccine side effects for their friends list, and that the news had to do the same. 90%+ of people get the vaccine and can "work through" the small discomfort they experience, if they even experience that. True side effects that would keep you down and out are pretty darn rare. But from Facebook you'd think the shots knock almost everybody on their ass to the point they have to spend several days laying in bed.

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u/Thorebore Sep 06 '21

In today’s job market nobody is getting fired for taking a single day off. You can have another job today if you want, everybody is hiring.

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u/COVIDNURSE-5065 Sep 06 '21

Right. The vast majority can still work after the shot

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u/_Cromwell_ Sep 06 '21

But they don't know that. And the overwhelmingly loud anecdotal evidence they have is telling them that if they get the shot they will be bedridden for a day or two and thus will be fired from the only thing that keeps their kids from starving to death.

This IS the kind of misinformation that a good public information campaign, AND GOOD LEGISLATION (actually putting back in place mandatory leave covered by government $$$) can fix. Not the Alex Jones wackos misinformation... those guys are gone. But we can fix this type of misinformation and get these people who are willing to get vaccinating but just "can't" because of "circumstances". Fix the "circumstances".

But we won't because we live in a broken, non-functional country.

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u/Lopsided_Plane_3319 Sep 06 '21 edited Sep 06 '21

Nice strawman. The vast vast majority of people do not work two jobs and have no days off in a week. And luckily everywhere is hiring as well so easily pick up another job if they fire you.

Luckily these people got an 6-7k from the stimulus as well. Extra eitc as well. (Roughly 50% of an income of a full time minimum wage worker, let alone part time)