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. 2021 Oct 1;40(10):e388.
doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003236.

No One Will be Safe Until Our Children are Safe: Parent's Attitude Towards COVID-19 Childhood Immunization

Ásgeir Haraldsson  1 , Thorvardur J Love  2 , Valtyr Stefansson Thors  3
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No One Will be Safe Until Our Children are Safe: Parent's Attitude Towards COVID-19 Childhood Immunization

Ásgeir Haraldsson et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J. .
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Results of questionnaires sent to parents on the attitude towards COVID-19 childhood immunization. Group A: 3373 parents answered an online survey conducted by the University of Iceland. Participation rate 43.2%. Questions: How likely or unlikely is it that you will accept COVID-19 vaccination when offered to you? If COVID-19 vaccination will be offered to your child/children (born 2006 or later), how likely or unlikely is it that you will accept the vaccination for your child/children? Answers: 1: Definitely not; 2: Very unlikely; 3; Rather unlikely; 4: Neither likely nor unlikely; 5: Likely; 6: Very likely; 7: Definitely. Group B: 2480 parents of children less than four years of age answered an online survey conducted by the Children's Hospital Iceland. Participation rate 61%. Questions: When COVID-19 vaccine will be available for you, will you accept it? When COVID-19 vaccine will be available for you, will you accept it for your child? Answers: 1: No; 4: Undecided/don't want to answer; 7: Yes. No parents declined participation in neither study. COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019.
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