Now That Younger People Can Be Vaccinated, Will Their Parents Let Them?

As you probably know, the FDA has approved the Pfizer vaccine for kids aged 12-15. Presumably approvals for other vaccines will not be far behind.

But just because they can get the vaccine, we can't be sure they will.  They need parental permission, and parents are being influenced by scumbag anti-vaxxers who are spreading misinformation to make money off of their fake preventatives and cures.

SurveyMonkey and Boston Children's Hospital recently surveyed 6,619 parents with children under 18 about their intentions to get their kids vaccinated.  The good news is that overall 53% said they would get their kids aged 16-17 vaccinated, and 43% said they would do so for their 12-15 year-olds.

But 26% and 29%, respectively, said they would not, and 21% and 27%, respectively, said they are not sure.  Things get interesting when you break things down by the parents' vaccination status.  Here is a screenshot from SurveyMonkey's Tableau site (which you can access and play around with yourself):

Parents' vaccination status is along the top and the answers to getting kids vaccinated for various age groups are along the left side.  Almost all of the parents who are vaccinated or want to be vaccinated plan to get the shots for their kids. But those who are unsure lean no, and those who won't be vaccinated are almost unanimously no.

An option on the Tableau site is to break down results by political party. When you do that, you see that for both 12-15 and 16-17 age groups, a majority of Democrats and independents plan to get their kids jabbed.

But a majority of Republicans do not.  This is further evidence that the American right has formed a death cult and seems hell-bent on preventing us from eradicating COVID-19 through population immunity.

Header image by natureaddict from Pixabay 

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