University of Washington
It s easy to find your locality s coronavirus vaccination rate, but what about its vaccine hesitancy rate, or local interest in vaccination? Two new interactive tools reveal those numbers.
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Facebook; the other shows the relative interest in vaccination shown by online searches.Â
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The Facebook-gathered data are in interactive maps from theÂ
University of Washington, showing what counties (and even what Zip codes) are most hesitant to get a shot.
The maps by the university sÂ
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation reflect answers to this question: If a vaccine to prevent Covid-19 were offered to you today, would you choose to get vaccinated? The answers are Definitely, Probably, Probably not and Definitely not. People giving one of the last three answers are considered vaccine-hesitant.
Jun 10, 2021 00:20 EDT with 0 comments
First up is a COVID-19 Vaccination Search Insights tool for public health officials in the U.S. This is in response to health authorities wanting access to data about what kind of information their local communities need from them in order to hasten and simplify the vaccination process. This tool caters to this need by showing search trends across three categories: all vaccine information, searches indicating intent to get vaccinated, and those about safety and side effects. These trends will be at a county or zip code level and will be updated on a weekly basis.