Majority want vaccination against Covid-19

More than two-thirds of people polled want to be inoculated against Covid-19 when vaccines are available, but the rest do not, according to an opinion survey by Bangkok University, or Bangkok Poll.

The survey, “Thai people and vaccination against Covid-19”, was conducted recently with pollsters questioning 1,258 people throughout the country.

The result, released on Wednesday, was 68.67% said they wanted to get a jab – 14.6% said they would rather get the vaccine as soon as it is available, but 54.1% said they would rather wait and first see if other people suffer any side effects and what they are. 

Of the 31.3% who said they would not seek vaccination, 18.8% said they were afraid of side effects and 14.5% believed they were not at risk of being infected.

Asked what were their concerns about Covid-19 vaccines, with each respondent allowed to give more than one…