People who are less likely to follow news coverage about Covid-19 are more likely to be vaccine hesitant, a study suggests. The Economic and Social Research Institute's (ESRI) Behavioural Research Unit found a link between a reluctance to take a vaccine and a lack of knowledge and awareness of its benefits.
The Department of Health-funded study conducted a knowledge test and survey of attitudes among a nationally representative scale sample of the Irish population in January 2021.
It found that the less people followed news coverage about Covid-19, the less likely they were to want to be inoculated. Dr Deirdre Robertson, lead researcher on the study, said: "These results suggest that some people who are unsure about taking the Covid-19