A survey of primary care physicians conducted 11 months ago revealed one in 10 doctors don’t believe COVID-19 vaccines are safe or effective. Given what has transpired since that number is likely much higher.
One in 10 primary care physicians don’t agree COVID-19 vaccines are safe, and 9.3% don’t believe the vaccines are effective, according to a survey conducted between May 14 and May 25, 2021.
The findings were published in the April 2022 issue of Vaccine.
Researchers at the Texas A&M School of Public Health asked 625 primary care physicians whether they strongly agreed, somewhat agreed, neither agreed nor disagreed, somewhat disagreed or strongly disagreed with the following three statements:
- The COVID vaccines are safe.
- The COVID vaccines are effective.
- The COVID vaccines are important.
Here is a summary of their findings:
- 10.1% did not agree the vaccines were safe.
- 9.3% did not agree the vaccines were effective.
- 8.3% did not agree the vaccines were important.
- 5.2% were unvaccinated at the end of the survey in May 2021.
MedPage Today, which last week reported on the survey, quoted lead author Timothy Callaghan, Ph.D., who said: Continue reading “1 in 10 Surveyed Doctors Believe COVID Shots Aren’t Safe — But Is the Number Even Higher?”