US EditionMost Canadians still confident in vaccines, but hesitancy has increased, poll says
A Leger Healthcare poll shows 74% of Canadian adults trust vaccines despite rising hesitancy driven by safety concerns, misinformation, and mistrust in institutions.
- On Tuesday, Leger Healthcare's poll found about 74 per cent of Canadian adults are confident in vaccines, with 42 per cent 'very confident' and 32 per cent 'somewhat confident'.
- Health-Care providers told Leger Healthcare that safety worries, social-media misinformation and mistrust fuel hesitancy, while Melicent Lavers-Sailly said, `Information over the last five years about vaccines has become more fragmented` and about six million Canadians lack a family doctor.
- Survey data indicate Leger Healthcare's provider survey of 300 and margin of error 2.50%, with public respondents ranking effectiveness, severity, safety, and noting MMR vaccine comfort levels and COVID-19/flu hesitancy.
- Public-Health warnings note that Dr. Zainab Abdurrahman said, `Given the recent measles outbreaks, it shows that even a small drop in MMR confidence is a huge concern`.
- Amid fragmented messaging, experts say `Information over the last five years about vaccines has become more fragmented`, said Lavers-Sailly, while younger adults report confidence drops and trust family doctors, public-health sites or social media influencers differently.
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When it comes to vaccines, Canada is normal no longer
According to a recent poll conducted by Leger Healthcare, while the majority of Canadians remain confident about the safety and effectiveness of vaccines, there has been an increase in vaccine hesitancy over the last five years, with about a quarter of respondents expressing less overall confidence in vaccines than before.
However, three out of four Canadians still trust them, according to a new Léger poll.
The latest poll shows that nearly three-quarters of Canadian adults still have confidence in vaccines, but hesitancy about vaccines has increased over the past five years.
TORONTO — About three-quarters of Canadian adults still trust vaccines, according to a new survey, but this confidence has been somewhat eroded over the past five years. During the Léger Division's health research probe, 74% of respondents said they were "very confident" (42%) or "rather confident" (32%) about vaccine safety and efficacy. However, about one-quarter of respondents reported that their confidence level has declined since 2019. Conf…
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