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Vaccine Willingness Poll Continues Slow Upward Trajectory

GLOBAL POLITICAL RISK

Opinion polling from YouGov shows a slow but consistent increase in willingness of populations to take a COVID-19 vaccine/increase in numbers taking the vaccine. However, significant discrepancies across nations will see varying speeds of reopening of society, combined with the risk that those nations with lower vaccination willingness/uptake could see variants of the virus have a greater impact if they spread widely.

  • % of people in each place saying they will take the vaccine or have already done so: UK: 90% (+1), UAE: 87% (+1), Spain: 84% (=), Vietnam: 83% (=), Denmark: 82% (-1), Saudi Arabia: 82% (+20), Singapore: 78% (-3), Malaysia: 77% (=), Sweden: 77% (+3), Finland: 77% (+3), India: 76% (-3), Italy: 76% (-1), Norway: 76% (+3), Indonesia: 71% (=), Germany: 71% (+1), Philippines: 66% (+6), US: 65% (+6), Thailand: 63% (-2), France: 60% (+5), Taiwan: 40% (+6), Hong Kong: 37% (-2). Fieldwork: 19 April-10 May 2021. % chg since last poll in ().
  • While positive that most nations are seeing small increases in willingness to take the vaccine, or an accelerating rollout, the decline in willingness to take the vaccine in a hard-hit nation such as India will likely be of concern for the gov't and indeed the WHO in the coming weeks and months.
  • Link: https://yougov.co.uk/topics/international/articles...

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