A vaccine is on the horizon. But most Singaporeans are adopting a wait-and-see attitude

An analysis of comments on 100 COVID-19 vaccine related Facebook posts by researchers of the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health found that individuals aged 36 and over are more likely to state that they will never get vaccinated (23 per cent) compared to individuals aged 35 and younger (17 per cent). These findings gel with a previous study among adults aged 65 and over in Singapore regarding influenza vaccines by Prof May Oo Lwin at NTU, where a perceived lack of vulnerability, fear of side effects, and trivialisation of influenza were reasons cited for not getting vaccinated.