WATERTOWN â Just about one quarter of north country adults are hesitant to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a new study from a partnership between Jefferson Community College and Syracuse University. While there tends to be a prevailing mindset that the COVID vaccine hesitancy is a political issue, what was found in the study suggests other, stronger correlations.
In April, a total of 875 people were surveyed from Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties with two goals in mind: to better understand the attitudes and practices of north country residents related to the pandemic and vaccine; and to learn more about the factors that are associated with hesitancy to get the vaccine. The survey shows that questions about the safety, effectiveness and necessity of the vaccine were the greatest predictors of vaccine hesitancy â not political ideology.
WATERTOWN â Just about one quarter of north country adults are hesitant to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a new study from a partnership between Jefferson Community College and Syracuse University.
While there tends to be a prevailing mindset that the COVID vaccine hesitancy is a political issue, what was found in the study suggests other, stronger correlations.
In April, a total of 875 people were surveyed from Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties with two goals in mind: to better understand the attitudes and practices of north country residents related to the pandemic and vaccine; and to learn more about the factors that are associated with hesitancy to get the vaccine. The survey shows that questions about the safety, effectiveness and necessity of the vaccine were the greatest predictors of vaccine hesitancy â not political ideology.