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The survey shows that more people are positive about vaccines today compared to late summer, 46 percent and 36 percent respectively. Since the August survey, the proportion that does not want to be vaccinated has also decreased, in November 26 percent said no and 37 percent in August.
– The reduction may have to do with the increase in the mortality rate and that people simply fear the disease more than the vaccine, says Torbjörn Sjöström in Novus.
It is mainly among men and the elderly that the desire to get vaccinated has increased.
– At the same time, it is worth mentioning that almost one in three Swedes have doubts and have not decided if they want to be vaccinated, says Torbjörn Sjöström.
Remember the swine flu
Of the quarter that answered no, that they do not want to be vaccinated, up to 87 percent are concerned about the side effects of the vaccine. Many people still remember the cases of narcolepsy, sleeping sickness, which was caused by Pandemrix, the swine flu vaccine, 2009. Today, 440 people receive drug insurance compensation for having developed narcolepsy after receiving the vaccine. Then 60 percent of Swedes were vaccinated.
Only 2 percent of the Swedish population believe that vaccines are bad in general and therefore do not want to be vaccinated.
The topic of vaccination will be discussed on tonight’s Agenda. Participating are the Minister of Social Affairs Lena Hallengren (S), the head of the Public Health Agency Johan Carlson and Marie Olsson, whose daughter contracted narcolepsy after the massive vaccination against swine flu in 2009.
