Why do people consent to receiving SARS-CoV2 vaccinations? A Representative Survey in Germany

Abstract

Objective: to answer the question: Why do people consent to being vaccinated with novel vaccines against SARS-CoV2? Design: Representative survey Setting: Online panel Participants: 1032 respondents of the general German population Method: a representative survey among German citizens in November/December 2021 which resulted in 1032 complete responses on vaccination status, socio-demographic parameters and opinions about the COVID-19 situation. Results: Almost 83% of the respondents were vaccinated. The major motivation was fear of medical consequences of an infection and the wish to lead a normal life again. The major motivation to be not vaccinated was the fear of side effects and skepticism about long-term effectiveness and safety. Sixteen percent of vaccinated respondents reported some serious side effect, while more than 30% reported health improvements, mostly due to the relief of psychological stress and social reintegration. We also validated a “Corona Orthodoxy Score – COS” consisting of 7 items reflecting opinions on Covid-19. The scale is reliable (alpha = 0.76) and unidimensional. The COS was a highly significant predictor of vaccination status and readiness to be vaccinated in a multivariable logistic regression model. Those who were vaccinated were more likely to live in smaller households (OR = 0.82, p=0.024), had a higher income (OR = 1.27, p<0.001), a higher COS score (OR 1.4, p<0.0001) and utilized less alternative media (OR = 0.44, p=0.0024) and scientific publications (OR=0.42, p=0.011) as information sources. Conclusions: The major motives for being vaccinated are fear of medical symptoms and the wish to lead a normal life. Those not wanting to be vaccinated cite a lack of knowledge regarding long-term safety and side effects as reasons. This can likely only be overcome by careful and active long-term efficacy and safety monitoring.

The Real Anthony Fauci. Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health by Robert F. Kennedy

“…I am therefore favorably inclined to Kennedy's activities, although I am certainly not an antivaxxer. I have also done primary research on Covid-19 right from the beginning (Walach & Hockertz, 2020a, 2020b)-modeling (Klement & Walach, 2021), conducting surveys (Walach et al, 2022;Walach et al, 2021c), looking at data, blogging in Germany-conducting two highly visible and highly controversial studies (Walach et al, 2021a;Walach et al, 2021d), which have both been retracted within a week, one of them republished (Walach et al, 2021b), the other still under a new review. I was critical of the official Covid-19 narrative as soon as I discovered huge discrepancies between original data and reports in the media, as well as analyses of media-prone scientists who were ostensibly wrong; we have succeeded in publishing a critique of one such dangerously wrong analysis (Dehning et al, 2020) about 2 years after the original one was out, following two rejections and long rounds of reviewing (Kuhbandner et al, 2022).…”