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Globally, about 79 percent of people agree that vaccines are safe and 84 percent agree that they are effective, according to a survey of more than 140,000 people from about 140 countries conducted by The Wellcome Trust and published today (June 19).
The survey “exposes the paradox of Europe,” Heidi Larson of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine who worked on the study tells Reuters. Overall, people in wealthy countries were more likely to question the safety of vaccines, while having greater knowledge of science and higher levels of education. In North America and Northern Europe, respectively, 72 percent and 73 percent of respondents said they agree that vaccines are safe. In Eastern Europe, that number is just 50 percent.
Nearly all people surveyed in Bangladesh and Rwanda agreed that vaccines are safe. France, on the other hand, had the lowest rate of trust with ...
