Think Tank Argues Lockdowns and Outbreaks May Push Vaccination Rates Higher
Lockdowns in the eastern parts of Australia as outbreaks of the Delta variant continues has apparently prompted people to reassess their willingness to get a COVID-19 vaccination a new national poll revealed.
The Melbourne Institute’s fortnightly report card into vaccine hesitancy shows it has fallen, from 33 per cent at the end of May to 21.5 per cent last Friday. The poll surveyed 1,200 Australian adults.
The sharp drop in hesitancy over the past eight weeks is across all states and age groups. Registered Nurse, Mesfin Desalegn administers the Pfizer vaccine to a client at the St Vincent’s Covid-19 Vaccination Clinic in Sydney, Australia on July 1, 2021 . (Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)
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