COVID Shifted Parents’ Views on Vaccines for Kids, Half Concerned With Side Effects: Public Health Report

COVID Shifted Parents’ Views on Vaccines for Kids, Half Concerned With Side Effects: Public Health Report
A child receives a COVID-19 vaccine in a file photo. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Matthew Horwood
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The COVID-19 pandemic led to a significant shift in parental views on vaccination, with approximately half of parents surveyed citing concerns about vaccine side effects, a government report suggests.

The report from the Public Health Agency of Canada on vaccine uptake said the pandemic “yielded a large shift in Canadians’ knowledge, attitudes and beliefs towards vaccinations.”