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Opinions on vaccination
Attitudes towards vaccination were polled for the first time in the 2019 Science Barometer. Trust in official information about vaccines and vaccine safety remains almost as high as in 2019, but it seems that attitudes have become more polarised. This is reflected in the increased proportion of respondents with misgivings and the reduced number of those not expressing their views. People in Finland have high trust in vaccines when compared internationally.(1)
The biggest increase is seen in the proportion of respondents who believe everyone has the right to choose whether to get a vaccine for themselves or their child. In 2022 they slightly out- numbered those who took the opposite view.
(1)Eurobarometer: Attitudes on vaccination against Covid-19 (European Commission 2021). Available for download at https://europa.eu/eurobarometer/surveys/detail/2512.
