Americans most reluctant to get vaccinated against COVID

[oeb11]

Americans with PhDs are most reluctant to get vaccinated against COVID




People with a PhD are the most hesitant when it comes to getting the Covid-19 vaccine, according to a paper by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh.
© Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo Researchers surveyed just over five million US adults in an online survey, with 10,000 reporting that they were educated to PhD level.

The report showed a surprising U-shaped correlation between willingness to get a Covid vaccine and education level - with the highest hesitancy among those least and most educated.
Of those surveyed, 20.8 per cent with a high school education were reluctant to get the shot, and 23.9 per cent with a PhD were against it.
But the least skeptical of the shot had a Master's degree - with only 8.3 per cent of that group being vaccine hesitant.
The researchers did not offer an explanation as to why so many people with PhDs were vaccine hesitant, and the paper noted that 'further investigation into hesitancy among those with a PhD is warranted'.
The report said: 'To our knowledge, no other study has evaluated education with this level of granularity, which was possible due to our unusually large sample (of over 10,000 participants with PhDs).'
© Provided by Daily Mail © Provided by Daily Mail The paper also found that within the first five months of 2021 the largest decrease in skepticism about getting the vaccine was among the least educated - those with a high school education or less. In all. around 25 per cent of adults were hesitant at the start of the year, gradually falling to 17 percent by May There has been a universal assumption among many that education level negatively correlated with vaccine hesitancy - more educated people are more likely to receive the vaccine.
But researchers also found that within the first five months of 2021 the largest decrease in skepticism about getting the vaccine was among the least educated - those with a high school education or less.
By May, reluctance to get vaccinated held constant in the most educated group - those with PhDs.
'Those with PhDs were the only education groups without a decrease in hesitancy,' the paper read.
It attributed their 'refusal or reluctance to be vaccinated' to 'slowed vaccination uptake, potentially prolonging the pandemic'.
Researchers concluded that the most educated people in our society - the people certified to become doctors and treat the virus - are not only the most hesitant about getting vaccinated but are also the least likely to change their minds about it.
The paper noted that other hesitancy risk factors included 'younger age, non-Asian race, having a PhD or less than high school education, living in a rural county with higher 2020 Trump support, lack of worry about Covid-19, working outside the home, never intentionally avoiding contact with others and no past-year flu vaccine'.
But vaccine hesitancy among American adults plummeted during the early months of 2021 and the paper showed that around 25 per cent of adults were hesitant at the start of the year, gradually falling to 17 percent by May.
Reasons for vaccine hesitancy vary, according to the survey.
The biggest drops were among black and Hispanic populations - decreasing by as much as half - and people with a high school education or less.

In January, nearly 60 per cent of black Americans were hesitant to receive the vaccine, though that number was slashed in half down to 30 per cent by May.
Asian Americans were the group to be least hesitant by far, with less than five per cent in May - more than 15 per cent less than every other racial group.
Vaccine hesitancy among people with a high school degree or less also fell dramatically, from 35 per cent to just over 20 per cent.
However, there were not strong geographical of political indicators in people who dropped their hesitancy, the researchers found.
The data was published as a pre-print on medRxiv.org, and has not been peer-reviewed.
It will need to be reviewed before it can be published in an accredited journal.
It comes as America struggles to get its remaining unvaccinated population jabbed.
Since the report was published on July 23 of this year New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and New Orleans have put vaccine mandates into effect for customers at indoor entertainment venues.
© Provided by Daily Mail As Covid cases surge New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and New Orleans have put vaccine mandates into effect for customers at indoor entertainment venues. Each city has established unique requirements and conditions but none of them have given a clear indication on how the mandates will be enforced.
Just yesterday New Orleans mayor LaToya Cantrell announced that people needed to provide proof of vaccination to enter bars, restaurants, music halls, the Superdome, casinos and other indoor facilities.
But in a break from the other cities, New Orleans will also allow customers to present a recent negative Covid-19 test.
New York and LA require residents have at least one shot before entering indoor restaurants, gyms and entertainment businesses
But LA takes it one step further and includes 'retail establishments'.
San Francisco's mandate is even stricter, and insists on full vaccination - not just one dose - for customers and employees at restaurants, gyms and other indoor venues.
© Provided by Daily Mail A graph shows the number of new Covid infections per day since the start of the pandemic © Provided by Daily Mail Since the beginning of the pandemic 621,011 have reportedly died of Covid-19




So- DPST purveyors of false accusations - who maintain 'Republicans" are the 'unvaccinated' -

it is clear that the ivory tower academics - a bastion of liberal idiocy and CRT racism, and minorities under teh thrall of the DPST plantation - are the unvaccinated.

Liars like usual - DPST is teh anagram for LIARs!
And the refuge of unvaccinated - is that in order to promote adn continue more lockdowns in America - it would seem so!

[SecretE]

Not surprised...you can't convince PhD's with just credentials alone.

[Grace Preston]

Well.. the 2 largest groups were the PHD's and the GED's... so if the PHD's are all the Ivory tower "DPST elites"... I guess we know what those GED holders are then... eh.

[Strokey_McDingDong]

What if they had a PhD in critical race theory?

[Strokey_McDingDong]

We are supposed to be blaming those who enjoy in TOWE for this. OP is spreading misinformation which is considered an act of domestic terrorism.

[offshoredrilling]

Originally Posted by Strokey_McDingDong

We are supposed to be blaming those who enjoy in TOWE for this. OP is spreading misinformation which is considered an act of domestic terrorism.

by the brain dead????

[texassapper]

Originally Posted by offshoredrilling

by the brain dead????

So you've met Dementia Joe?

[oeb11]

Originally Posted by Strokey_McDingDong

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[bambino]

Originally Posted by Grace Preston

Well.. the 2 largest groups were the PHD's and the GED's... so if the PHD's are all the Ivory tower "DPST elites"... I guess we know what those GED holders are then... eh.

Any citations to back up your claim? We’ll wait.


https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid...spital-workers

[farmstud60]

The thing that has got lost in the vaccination craze is that those that had covid and recovered have as good immunity or better than those that get vaccinated. Medical professionals won't give the vaccine until at least 90 days past covid infection.

[oeb11]

Buck Fiden has cohorts going door - to door - enforce mandatory vaccination - and they are not medical professionals.

[Grace Preston]

Originally Posted by bambino

Any citations to back up your claim? We’ll wait.


https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid...spital-workers

It was merely a jab at OEB who made the claim that all of those folk with PHD's are DPST elites... he's the one making the claim that Republicans don't have higher level degrees... I just followed his logic train based on the article he posted.

[bambino]

Originally Posted by Grace Preston

It was merely a jab at OEB who made the claim that all of those folk with PHD's are DPST elites... he's the one making the claim that Republicans don't have higher level degrees... I just followed his logic train based on the article he posted.

Thanks for the clarification

[HedonistForever]

Originally Posted by farmstud60

The thing that has got lost in the vaccination craze is that those that had covid and recovered have as good immunity or better than those that get vaccinated. Medical professionals won't give the vaccine until at least 90 days past covid infection.

Heard the exact opposite report from one of the top doctors that we see and read about daily. What you just said is being debated and argued. It is by no means settled. I wish I could provide the names but it really doesn't matter. One expert cites this Kentucky study and says "here is the proof that the vaccine offers better protection than immunity gained from having and recovering from Covid. The next day, same show "doctor tell us why you disagree with what so and so said on this program yesterday. So and so mis-represented what the study said and on it went. Now these are the top people in this discussion, the top people, former Health Directors and another associated with the current CDC.


Here is what they were discussing.


https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7032e1.htm

Among Kentucky residents infected with SARS-CoV-2 in 2020, vaccination status of those reinfected during May–June 2021 was compared with that of residents who were not reinfected. In this case-control study, being unvaccinated was associated with 2.34 times the odds of reinfection compared with being fully vaccinated.
What are the implications for public health practice?
To reduce their likelihood for future infection, all eligible persons should be offered COVID-19 vaccine, even those with previous SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Although laboratory evidence suggests that antibody responses following COVID-19 vaccination provide better neutralization of some circulating variants than does natural infection (

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), few real-world epidemiologic studies exist to support the benefit of vaccination for previously infected persons. This report details the findings of a case-control evaluation of the association between vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 reinfection in Kentucky during May–June 2021 among persons previously infected with SARS-CoV-2 in 2020. Kentucky residents who were not vaccinated had 2.34 times the odds of reinfection compared with those who were fully vaccinated (odds ratio [OR] = 2.34; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.58–3.47). These findings suggest that among persons with previous SARS-CoV-2 infection, full vaccination provides additional protection against reinfection. To reduce their risk of infection, all eligible persons should be offered vaccination, even if they have been previously infected with SARS-CoV-2.

This study found that among Kentucky residents who were previously infected with SARS-CoV-2 in 2020, those who were unvaccinated against COVID-19 had significantly higher likelihood of reinfection during May and June 2021. This finding supports the CDC recommendation that all eligible persons be offered COVID-19 vaccination, regardless of previous SARS-CoV-2 infection status.
Reinfection with SARS-CoV-2 has been documented, but the scientific understanding of natural infection-derived immunity is still emerging (5). The duration of immunity resulting from natural infection, although not well understood, is suspected to persist for ≥90 days in most persons.** The emergence of new variants might affect the duration of infection-acquired immunity, and laboratory studies have shown that sera from previously infected persons might offer weak or inconsistent responses against several variants of concern

In other words, natural immunity is not as good as getting the vaccine unless of course I too have mis-interpreted what is being said. I don't even know what the fuck to think on this topic but here it is, you read it and draw your own conclusion. I'll be interested in hearing responses.

It would seem to me that the Biden administration and those that support what it is doing, will not be willing to accept as fact that natural immunity will be an adequate substitute for vaccination, if and when the government "mandates" a vaccine for everybody, period.

[Grace Preston]

I know my natural immunity from having COVID lasted me about 8-ish months, give or take. I can't speak on the vaccine yet-- though I'll be going in for titers at the 9 month mark so ... we'll see.