Poll

Physician vaccine hesitancy — new polling shows about 10% are anti-vaccine

A new poll published in Vaccine showed that physician acceptance of vaccine safety, effectiveness, and importance was extremely high. However, physician vaccine hesitancy seemed to be higher than expected, with about 1 in 10 primary care physicians not believing that vaccines are safe.

I want to examine this poll about physician vaccine hesitancy and give my opinions on what was found.

American trust in science is deeply polarized — shocking, right?

A new survey has been published that shows a deep rift in America regarding trust in science and scientists. As you might expect, Republican support for science is falling dramatically, while Democratic support is increasing. This trust gap in science and medicine has widened substantially as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic according to the new survey.

Let’s take a look at this data which shows some worrisome trends, even among Democrats, who theoretically support science more.

Did a recent poll claim that 45% of Americans doubt vaccine safety? NO

You’ve probably seen the clickbait headlines across the press that, in a recent poll, 45% of Americans doubt vaccine safety. At first, such a poll would make me think that the anti-vaccine zealots were gaining some sort of traction with their fear, uncertainty, and doubt campaign against the settled science of the safety and effectiveness of vaccines.

Then a friend of mine, a pro-vaccine nurse in northern California, gave me a heads-up as to the actual data. And it wasn’t even close to that number doubting vaccine safety.

Even the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), which is one of the leading American science organizations, which generally casts a very critical eye toward this kind of data, kind of got it wrong.

Let’s take a moment to review the polling data, and show that the poll actually said that only 8% of Americans doubted vaccine safety, which feels about right. Clickbait headlines that never examine the data do a disservice to all of us.

Adult vaccine schedule – what do you think about the CDC recommendations?

I just published an article about the CDC’s adult vaccine schedule by age and by medical condition. I knew this existed. Of course I did, since I’ve been focusing on vaccines for like nearly my whole adult life. I wanted… Read More »Adult vaccine schedule – what do you think about the CDC recommendations?

Website construction poll – how are we doing?

Skeptical Raptor 4.0 has been out in the wild for almost a month, and we’re not sure what we think about it. For example, most of you didn’t know that clicking on the bright red Skeptical Raptor logo brings you to… Read More »Website construction poll – how are we doing?

Happy Birthday Andrew Wakefield – a poll to choose the best gift

Today, 3 September is the 60th birthday for one of the biggest scientific frauds of our lifetime, maybe of the past 100 years or so. So today it’s time for the carnivorous dinosaur to wish a happy birthday Andrew Wakefield.

The Skeptical Raptor appeared to get a little nauseous.Read More »Happy Birthday Andrew Wakefield – a poll to choose the best gift

Poll – dog comments on Andrew Wakefield

by Michael Simpson
2016-05-08
Andrew Wakefield, Lyme disease vaccine, Poll, Vaccines

Once again, let’s talk about Mr. Andy Wakefield, one of the greatest frauds in medicine over the last 100 years. I’m not exaggerating, he really is considered that. Lately we’ve had to put up with his anti-vaccine lunacy with his fraudumentary,… Read More »Poll – dog comments on Andrew Wakefield

Poll – who is the genuine Skeptical Raptor

There are so many rumors about the genuine Skeptical Raptor – I think I could find a full-time job amusing myself. I mean, who is the person behind the carnivorous dinosaur? I’ve been accused of being Orac. I mean, I could… Read More »Poll – who is the genuine Skeptical Raptor

Poll – 2015 flu vaccine

As I’ve written recently, the 2015 flu vaccine is available in the Northern hemisphere for the 2015-2016 flu season. So are you going to get the flu jab? Vote early and vote often in the poll.

Poll – vaccines and religious exemptions

Both California and Illinois recently have enacted legislation tightening vaccine exemption requirements. California’s SB277 made vaccinations nearly mandatory (except for those children with legitimate medical exemptions), whereas Illinois’ SB1410 tightened up religious exemptions, although I am skeptical that it will… Read More »Poll – vaccines and religious exemptions