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Vaccine skepticism in Germany multiplies with novel COVID vaccines

Today, the results of a first representative empirical study of COVID-19 vaccine skeptics - conducted by kENUP Foundation, the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences and the EIB Institute - have been published:

 

  • 13.7 million new vaccine opponents since pandemic onset;
  • 90% of these skeptics feel they have no influence over politics;
  • while new skeptics could be convinced by facts, long-term anti-vaccinationists appear to be unyielding.
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