Gina Ogilvie - Manish Sadarangani: Intention to Receive COVID-19 Vaccines in British Columbia

Gina Ogilvie & Manish Sadarangani COVID-19 RESPPONSE Survey Team: Lori Brotto, Angela Kaida, Liisa Galea, Arianne Albert, Laurie Smith, Amy Booth, Shanlea Gordon; BC Teachers’ Immunization Survey Team: C. Sarai Racey, Robine Donken, Imogen Porter, Julie Bettinger, Meena Dawar, Mike Gagel, Rakel Kling, Silvina Mema, Issy Aguiar, Ian Roe, Hana Mijovic To support COVID-19 vaccine implementation, we administered cross-sectional surveys to (i) a representative sample of the BC population and (ii) public and independent school teachers to explore intentions to receive COVID-19 vaccines. Of the 3,425 BC population respondents, 79.7% of respondents reported they were likely/very likely to receive the vaccine. 89.1% reported that the BC PHO’s recommendations were important to follow – the highest among potential influencers. 69.9% reported they intend to receive the flu vaccine in the fall, compared to 38% who said they received the flu vaccine in 2017-18. Teachers’ intentions to be vaccinated against COVID-19 were high: 89.6% of the 5,089 BC teachers reported they were likely/very likely to receive the vaccine, which may help with transmission control in schools.

BC CDC Presenters

10/15/2020 6:35:00 PM