Only 39% of people in poll said that the science on vaccines ‘is clear and it is damaging to question it’

Nearly half of Americans are somewhat skeptical of vaccines, a new poll has found.

Some 46% of U.S. adults who responded to a Public First poll by Politico in March agreed that “facts on vaccines are still up for debate and it is damaging to enforce their uptake.”

In contrast, only 39% said that the science on vaccines “is clear and it is damaging to question it.”

The results of the survey are in line with the views of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime vaccine skeptic and founder of the Republican “Make America Healthy Again” movement.

  • Jax@sh.itjust.works
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    13 days ago

    I have a family member that works in one of the labs that develops flu shots and she lets us know if it’s worth getting or not.

    This doesn’t make any sense to me, you’re saying your family member routinely determines that the flu vaccine predictions are false?

    Can you elaborate a bit? Because either your family member should be the one making the predictions or this doesn’t add up.

    • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
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      13 days ago

      By the time it’s developed, produced, and distributed, they have a pretty good idea on if the strain they developed for has mutated or been outcompeted by a different strain.

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      12 days ago

      Doesn’t the current flu vaccine also include COVID? That’s worth getting regardless.