Information is key to the willingness to get vaccinated

8 February 2021, by Andrea Bükow

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Since November 2020, the willingness to be vaccinated in Germany has slightly increased from 57 percent to 62 percent. 48 percent of people who would like to be vaccinated have no preference for a particular vaccine. The 5th survey wave of the representative study European COvid Survey (ECOS) of the HCHE also shows that in Germany more than 50 percent of the population is against a later second vaccination, even if this would initially make more first vaccinations possible.

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