WILLINGNES OF GREEKS TO BE VACCINATED AGAINST COVID - 19

       

 

 

Epidemiological data indicate that a large part of the population needs to be vaccinated to achieve herd immunity.  Hence it is of great importance for public health officials to know whether people are going to be vaccinated against this terrible disease. Greeks wish to know if their compatriots are willing to be vaccinated against the coronavirus.

 

During a cross-sectional survey conducted among the adult population of Greece, they were asked: “If there was a vaccine available for the novel coronavirus, would you do it?”  Of the 1004 responders only 57.7%, unfortunately, said that they were going to be vaccinated.    Responders, aged about 65 years old, who either themselves, or a member of their household belonged to the vulnerable group, those believing that the coronavirus was not developed in laboratories by humans, those believing that coronavirus is much more contagious and lethal than H1 N1 virus, and those believing that the next waves that are coming will be more serious, are statistically significantly more likely to be willing to be vaccinated.