Urgent flu jab warning issued as one in four Britons would reject vaccine offer

This is despite the Government’s COVID-19 vaccination program proving largely successful, the think tank said, but it warned that there is still  “huge room for improvement” to ramp up uptake.

The survey, done in collaboration with polling site YouGov, also found that those in low-income occupations are less likely to accept a vaccine invitation (27 percent, compared to 20 percent in higher-income occupations).

Polling also revealed that the same group is more likely to trust low-quality information sources such as chat rooms and forums (19 percent compared with 12 percent). According to the think tank, this indicates that vaccine inequality should be viewed as an injustice, rather than simply treated as a matter of individual choice.

 To address this, the IPPR is calling on the Government to urgently work with employers, schools and local communities to enable more equal access to and uptake of vaccines.

Article source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1711534/flu-jab-warning-vaccine-offer-ippr-yougov-poll-covid-report