'Personal freedom' and 'health concerns': Why unvaccinated Canadians say they won't get the COVID-19 shot

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The top reasons unvaccinated Canadians have avoided getting the COVID-19 jab are 'personal freedom' and 'health concerns,' a new poll conducted by the Angus Reid Institute has found.

and published on Wednesday, found that 58 per cent of unvaccinated Canadians said their main reason for skipping the shot was due to “personal freedom,” while an equal number of respondents cited “health concerns” as their reasoning.

The survey also found an overwhelming majority -- 90 per cent -- of unvaccinated participants said they agreed with the statement that the health risks of the pandemic have been “overstated,” while 84 per cent said they believe their own immune system is strong enough to fight the COVID-19 infection.

Thirty-five per cent of those who haven't been vaccinated also said they “definitely agree” that the side effects of the shot are more serious than the virus, while another 41 per cent said they “mostly” agreed.According to ARI’s findings, while Canada is the 14th-most-vaccinated country against COVID-19, approximately eight per cent of adult Canadians have not yet received their shots.The highest proportion of men who said they will not receive the shot were those aged 18 to 34.

The survey also found Indigenous Peoples were twice as likely to refuse the COVID-19 vaccine as those who do not identify as a visible minority.

 

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Here’s the truth. ITS CUZ YOU ARE ALL CORRUPT.

At this point in time after themillions worldwide who have died....I hope they all get covid.

Conspiracy injured minds will find you a hundred excuses. It's not about reasoning, it's simply about fitting the narrative.. and microchips.. don't forget those..

How dare people have a choice?

Grossly uninformed & foolish people who know nothing about medicine but think they do because of social media quackery. Society will eventually fix their foolish attitudes when they are all fired for being unvaccinated & unemployable because no one wants to hire them.

If I decide to get it, it would not be for any one’s benefit but my own… and if you are all honest, the reason you all got it, is to protect yourself…. I guess we’re all selfish.

'selfish' and 'covidiots' are the ACTUAL reasons

As soon as my friend heard someone got GBS after, he refused to get it. Told him the odds of getting it are one in millions but he won’t budge. Grrrr

Same discussions when we implemented seat belt regulations, when smoking in public places was banned (no smokers' sections)...it's a convenient argument, BUT at the end of the day when personal rights impede /impose on others' rights, it's the greater good that matters.

These reasons are not good enough?

This is a propaganda tool for the rollout of the social credit score

I wonder if anti vax folks will except blood should they need it in a crisis? 90% donors will have vaccine in their system.

Personal freedom to travel to the grocery store and back?

Lett themm dieeee

You can never help the poorly informed

But when they get sick they believe in a long list of unfamiliar meds to save them.

Also ‘brainwashed’ and ‘gullible’ should be added. Anti-vaxxers always think they are thinking for themselves and doing their own research, when in reality while the rest of us with common sense listen to medical professionals, they are being brainwashed by some YouTube videos.

Good!! If people don’t like it go cry in the corner about your proper pronoun!!

That’s alright. It’s their choice. But why public has to pay for 3 times a week Covid test. Let them pay for that test from their packets to see how serious they are about their choices!?

They’ve been brainwashed on Facebook and Twitter, we didn’t have a common sense problem before someone decided vaccinations were a political tool. Thanks Trump.

Stop being so selfish and self centred we are talking about something that affects hundreds of thousand of people outside of yourself . This brings freedom to all not a few.This should be about the greater good of others.

No its just stupidity

Funny how everyone who got vaccinated are now professionals too. As the science proves....95% were home sick prior to vaccinated....yep people die....115k last year in ontario died...8k by covid.what about the other 107k? Oh wait....majority is Cancer...SMH

For my personal freedom, I believe I should be allowed to drive while drunk.

Truth many belive in survial of the fittest rules amd are willing to take a chance on Covid and cause they belive that way everyones should too thereby prolonging this pandemic and killing more people

Personal freedom is a cop out. Freedom is for everyone and being around unvaccinated people takes away my freedom to associate.

I’ll skip the article and read the comments from the scientists & doctors.

Is that so wrong?!?

The virus do not discriminate. Everyone is fair game. You roll the dice you pay the price ffs don't take anyone else with you.

No it’s becaiuse we are smarter than you and all the medical research in the world lol remember we have done our on research lmao

Idiots….

Because in a small portion of society vaccine has been an issue for them for years but a majority have been psyopped for political, monetary, and strategic games by trolls, politicians and foreign govt's to sow discourse.

How ironic we are all paying for personal freedom by them not getting vaccinated and staying in lockdown

When was the last time the political and business elite were this concerned about the welfare of humanity?

cognitive dysfunction is 1

The grifters on both sides are jacking it to the nonsense both sides of the extreme are parroting. Well played!

Yeah never needed flu vaccines before. Hardly ever sick. Doing fine. Don't need this one. I haven't even seen a person sick with covid in 2 years. I will worry more when someone in my whole World says to me they knew someone who Died from it that was healthy before.

Because they think they are smart and the vaccinated are stupid While it's the other way around. Stop believing misinformation and lies and take the vaccine. If you didn't die from it you most probably die from not taking it. And wear your fking masks and keep your distance

Because Pfizer has such a great track record

Maybe the fact that it’s the most dangerous vaccine to ever marketed. More adverse events in less than a year than all others in the the past 3 years combined. For “immunity” that last 3-6 months.

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