Why are People so Reluctant to take the Vaccine?

What is vaccine hesitancy?

• Delaying or reluctant people to take the vaccine despite having a sufficient supply of the vaccine.
• The matter varies depending on the geographical environment, time, type of vaccine, etc.
• The Five C (5C) model explains the factors responsible for vaccine hesitancy.

Some recent statistics

A study by the Imperial College of London found that almost every participant produced a promising amount of antibodies after completing the second dose of the vaccine. Oxford-AstraZeneca and Pfizer-Bioentech vaccines can reduce hospitalization rates by 92-96 percent. The potential side effects of the vaccine are much lower than the risk of coronavirus infection. Despite the positive results of so many studies, many people in the world are reluctant to get the vaccine, or even if they really get the vaccine, it is too late. Why? Let’s take a look at the most notable of all the possible explanations for the 5C model.

5C model

A common misconception among those who are reluctant to be vaccinated is that everyone who is reluctant believes in the same belief; Probably a factor as to why they’re doing so poorly. In fact, this idea is wrong. There is nothing exclusively responsible for the reluctance to receive the vaccine. Whether or not to take the vaccine – multiple factors can work together in making this human decision.

1. Confidence:

The vaccine that is being given in a nearby area, people often do not have enough confidence in it. The vaccine came on the market after a long period of scientific research, but they were delayed in taking the vaccine because they could not be sure of its effectiveness and safety. In many cases, the lack of positive perceptions of existing healthcare systems and policymakers also erodes people’s self-confidence.

2. Complications:

Another major reason for the reluctance to get vaccinated is that the person feels immune to the specific disease. He is so sure of his physical condition that he firmly believes that he will not get the disease. As a result, he refrained from receiving the vaccine.

3. Calculations:

A person is constantly learning about the vaccine’s effectiveness and potential side effects, and as time goes on, his final decision is not reached.

4. Constraints or Convenience:

How easy or difficult the task of getting a vaccine really is for a particular person also influences a person’s decision-making.

5. Collective Responsibility:

As a member of the society, it is also a regulator of how much responsibility a person feels towards other members in making decisions. If a person can feel the responsibility to prevent community transmission by taking the vaccine himself, then he is taking the vaccine voluntarily.

Not to mention one thing here. Vaccine hesitancy is not the only response to the coronavirus. The human dilemma of getting vaccinated has been going on for a long time. The only difference is that the type of dilemma changes due to the influence of disease, society, age, place etc.

Cognitive bias

Cognitive bias is one of the reasons for the limitations of human thinking. Almost all of us fall prey to innumerable cognitive biases in our daily life. Due to these biases, our thinking process becomes very cloudy and we go on the path of making wrong decisions without knowing it. Negativity bias and optimism bias – both mislead people’s thinking.

But what is the way to pass?

Dialogue. It is possible to solve many problems in the world through honest, self-motivated, effective dialogue. Why people are reluctant to get vaccinated is not a matter of conjecture, nor is it a matter of theory. Going to the grassroots level, we need to understand the mindset of those who are reluctant to get vaccinated is? Their statement must be heard openly before realization.

If you want to persuade people, you have to do it through someone whom they think is more trustworthy and trustworthy. Religious personalities can play a very fruitful role in this. When the same message, the same message, is uttered by a religious person, not by people in the profession like doctors and nurses, then his words are much more powerful. As a result, people in the region have become more interested in getting vaccinated than ever before.

Another thing is to be able to grasp the place of human thought. In order to increase the rate of vaccination, the problem areas of the unwilling people should be taken into consideration one by one. They should try to resolve their questions, doubts and dilemmas by providing proper information. By doing so, they will realize that their statements are being considered with due respect. Gradually they will try to move away from their previous position.