Table 5 Participants reasons for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine
From: COVID-19 vaccines: awareness, attitude and acceptance among undergraduate University students
Reasons for refusing to take COVID-19 vaccine | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|
To short time for development | 131 (33.9) |
Not convinced of the safety standards of vaccine | 150 (38.8) |
Afraid of long-term effects | 191 (49.1) |
Harmful substance in vaccine | 104 (26.9) |
Vaccine causing COVID-19 | 47 (12.1) |
Vaccine will not help, it is not effective | 46 (11.9) |
Not safe with lower efficacy | 57 (14.7) |
I want to build my own immunity/I prefer other ways of protection | 89 (23) |
Do not trust system/something that nobody knows about | 109 (28.2) |
Vaccine not reliable | 71 (18.3) |
Doubts about the vaccine, due to short time for development | 123 (31.8) |
Do not believe COVID-19 is a threat | 35 (9.0) |
COVID-19 is overrated, no vaccine is needed | 26 (6.7) |
It is Biological weapon | 68 (16.8) |
I am not a guinea pig | 47 (12.1) |
I would not like to be like who first took it | 38 (9.8) |
Do not have enough information about vaccine | 144 (37.2) |
Political game | 118 (30.5) |
Vaccine is a money-making venture | 49 (12.7 |