Jeane Freeman, the SNP health secretary has vowed that information will reach every home in Scotland in a bid to combat ‘conspiracies’ about Covid-19 vaccinations.
The major campaign to be launched in Scotland is aimed to convince people of the safety of a new coronavirus vaccine, after opinion polls revealed as many as a third of people may refuse to take it.
Jeane Freeman, the SNP health secretary, said that a public information drive will be targeted at every home in Scotland and will begin in the new year to address the high levels of skepticism around vaccines.
The Pfizer vaccine could be administered in Scotland within weeks, if it passes the final regulatory and safety hurdles ahead of a wider rollout next year.
A YouGov survey on vaccinations showed levels of skepticism among Scottish respondents was broadly in line with public opinion across the UK, 21 per cent of respondents said they were fairly or very unlikely to, with a further 11 per cent unsure.
Jeane Freeman, the SNP health secretary stated: “We have no plans to make it compulsory. What we have to do is hear what concerns people might have, about why they would be reluctant to take the vaccine. In Scotland we have a very good record of high uptake of vaccines and a strong track record of delivering them safely and effectively.
“We will be making sure we give the public maximum information about all the processes this vaccine has gone through, which is exactly the same robust and rigorous processes as any vaccine to ensure that it is safe.
“We will be putting a lot of public information out, and in the early part of the new year we intend to deliver very clear information to every household in Scotland that explains why the vaccine is safe, the process it has gone through to ensure that’s the case, and how we’re going to vaccinate people.”
The UK has pre-ordered 40 million doses and should get 10 million by the end of the year. Scotland will receive a “population share”.
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