The UST-CoVAX Vaccine Awareness Team, led by Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, surveyed about 15,600 respondents in January to find out the beliefs and perceptions of the Filipino people regarding the COVID-19 vaccines.
Meanwhile, about 10 percent said they were not willing to be vaccinated, composed of 3.5 percent saying “definitely no” and 6.7 percent saying “probably no.”In a DZMM Teleradyo interview, Austriaco pointed out that those who said they were unsure, where either nervous or scared to get inoculated against COVID-19.“Remember, we have to vaccinate 100 percent of Filipinos to end this pandemic. Fifty percent is not good enough. We have to work to convince more of them to want to be vaccinated.
Austriaco said he is currently in the United States where he got in touch with Filipino frontliners in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut who have been already vaccinated. Austriaco said he already had his first dose of Moderna vaccine. “The day after I slept all day and I had chills for 30 minutes but that was it,” he pointed.
Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)