American scientists have concluded that 24% of American youth are deliberately sabotaging the mass vaccination program.
It turned out that young people from 18 to 25 years old refused to be vaccinated against the new type of coronavirus. Only a portion plans to get vaccinated in the near future.
Scientists argue that this position may become an obstacle to the formation of collective immunity to COVID-19.
The corresponding findings were published by the Journal of Adolescent Health.
call for the popularization of vaccinations among young people through social networks, bloggers and youth idols.
They urge specialists to fight fears and myths that have arisen due to vaccination.
As for young people themselves, the most common reason for refusal is the opinion that the vaccine is unsafe for health or that the vaccine is more needed by someone else.
But scientists, despite the lack of consensus on the scale of the procedure, stand their ground and urge the population to go to vaccination centers.
Note that some scientists believe that to achieve herd immunity it is necessary to vaccinate 80% of the world community, while others say that 60% is enough.
