Will you get vaccinated?

[goku127]

Probably won't as I already had the flu.

[Saracen]

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I would also take the survey of nurses with a big pinch of salt. Because of their training now they don't have a good a scientific background as you would want- so their understanding of the workings of a vaccine may not be far above that of a relatively intelligent layperson. Now if a 1/3 of doctors had said the same thing I would be worried!

Well, as it happens ..... guess wot?

According to the news tonight, a health magazine ran a survey of some 216 GPs ..... and a third said they would not take the vaccine themselves, and another third are undecided. According to the news item (C4 IIRC), the reason given was concerned over the adequacy of the testing regime.

It seems doctors think much the same as those Nursing Times nurses, after all.


EDIT - Seems there's been more than one survey to reach that conclusion. And the magazine was "Healthcare Republic" which, it seems, is a GP's magazine, so a credible and reputable journal.

Telegraph Article