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Distrust in Vaccines Grows Among US Adults, Survey Shows
U.S. Americans’ trust in vaccines — especially COVID-19 vaccines — has dropped, according to a survey conducted by the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania.
The survey results detail the most recent wave of responses — collected in July — from a nationally representative sample of 1,496 adults, most of whom have been routinely surveyed in the project since April 2021. Roughly 100 of the adults were added after 2021 due to attrition of the survey’s initial participants.
In addition to showing an overall decline in willingness to vaccinate, the results showed what an Annenberg Public Policy Center press release called a “greater acceptance of Covid vaccine misinformation.”
The survey results follow on the heels of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval last week of updated COVID-19 boosters for ages 6 months and up.
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Ph.D., who directs the Annenberg Public Policy Center and leads its survey efforts, said in the press release, “With the CDC reporting that COVID-19 infection remains an ongoing threat and an updated vaccine available, now is the time to ramp up awareness both of the value of vaccinating against COVID-19 and of the risks of contracting the disease.”
The survey report did not define “misinformation” but described it in passing as a “science-inconsistent response.”
The Annenberg Public Policy Center did not immediately respond when The Defender asked for a clearer definition.
‘Incorrect’ to believe COVID vaccines caused thousands of deaths
The survey findings reveal that, as of July, more than a quarter of U.S. adults (28%) — up from 22% in June 2021 — “incorrectly” believe that the COVID-19 vaccines have been responsible for thousands of deaths, according to the report’s authors.
“The percentage who know this is false,” they added, “declined to 55% from 66%.”
The number of U.S. adults who believe the “false idea” that it’s safer to get a COVID-19 infection than to get the vaccine more than doubled (now 22%) since April 2021 (10%).
The percentage of U.S. adults who “incorrectly” think the COVID-19 vaccine changes people’s DNA rose from 8% in April 2021 to 15% in July 2024.
Jamieson said, “Belief in these three misconceptions is associated with increased reluctance to vaccinate.”
The Defender asked Jamieson for her thoughts on how to foster an effective dialogue between those, such as herself, who are concerned about vaccine “misinformation” and those who have suffered a vaccine injury or whose loved ones were vaccine-injured.
She did not respond by our publication deadline.
Few people remain worried about COVID infections
According to the Annenberg Public Policy Center’s press release, its survey results also showed:
- Relatively few are worried: Only 1 in 5 people (20%, July 2024) are somewhat or very worried they or someone in their family will contract COVID, down from 25% in February 2024 and 35% in October 2023.
- Decreased interest: Under half of those surveyed (44%) said in February 2024 they are “somewhat likely” or “very likely” to get a yearly COVID-19 vaccine if it is recommended by the CDC, down from 52% in June 2023.
- Benefits vs. risks: Two-thirds of Americans (66% in July 2024) say the benefits of taking COVID-19 vaccines outweigh the risks — but that is lower than the percentage who say the benefits outweigh the risks for the mpox vaccine (70% in July 2024), RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) vaccine for adults 60 and older (74% in October 2023), and MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine (89% in August 2023).
- Covid-19 vaccines seen as less safe and effective than others: As of [the] October 2023 survey, fewer people regard COVID-19 vaccines as safe (66%) and effective (65%) than a variety of other vaccines: MMR (81% safe, 83% effective); flu (81% safe, 75% effective); shingles (78% safe, 73% effective) or pneumonia (74% safe, 69% effective).
- A hypothetical trivalent vaccine: In July 2024, less than half of those surveyed (49%) would be likely to take a combined single-shot mRNA vaccine to protect against flu, RSV, and COVID-19 if one existed and the CDC recommended it. At the same time, 27% say they would be “not at all likely” to take such a single-shot mRNA vaccine.
Nearly 1 in 3 doubt effectiveness of HPV vaccine
According to the survey, U.S. adults are skeptical about other vaccines, not just the COVID-19 shots.
Roughly a third (32%) of U.S. adults said they were unsure of the effectiveness of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine.
Additionally, 23% were uncertain about the pneumonia vaccine, 19% doubted the shingles vaccine, and 47% were unsure about the RSV vaccine during pregnancy or at age 60 and older (37%).
The survey did not appear to report public perceptions of these vaccines’ safety profile. However, the authors did report that public perception of both the safety and effectiveness of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine dropped to 81% and 83%, respectively, from 2023 when 88% said it was somewhat or very safe, and 87% said it was somewhat or very effective.
The Annenberg Public Policy Center, established in 1993, educates the public and policymakers about communication’s role in advancing public understanding of political, science, and health issues at the local, state, and federal levels.
Its ongoing survey is funded by an endowment established by the Annenberg Foundation.
Doctors Quit British Medical Association Over It’s Support Of Puberty Blockers For Trans Kids
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NATO Warns Its Members Against Shooting Down Russian Missiles Over Ukraine
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New Right-Wing Party to Create French ‘Union of the Rights’
Acknowledging the splintering of his political family following his controversial decision to form an alliance with Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National in June, Les Républicains (LR) party chairman Éric Ciotti announced the birth of a new right-wing political party, the UDR, or Union des Droites pour la République.
On Saturday, August 31st, Ciotti announced in a rally the creation of a new party, born from the rubble of Les Républicains.
The acronym was not chosen by chance. For Ciotti, the UDR stands for ‘Union des Droites pour la République’ (Union of the Rights for the Republic) and embodies his programme initially sketched in June—a right-wing political party willing to work hand in hand with the Rassemblement National—but above all, it stands as a historical reference for the French.
The UDR refers to the Union pour la Défense de la République, a right-wing political party launched by General de Gaulle in response to the May 1968 movement in France. Ciotti thus joins the long line of so-called Gaullist-inspired parties that have succeeded one another on the Right for several decades, with numerous and regular name changes (UDR, RPR, UMP, LR, and so on).
The birth of Ciotti’s version of the UDR can be explained by the break-up of his party at the time of the European and legislative elections in June 2024. Officially president of the Les Républicains, Ciotti opted for an electoral alliance with the Rassemblement National and was therefore disowned by a large part of his party’s leading team—although he claimed to be able to count on the support of its activists. A legal battle ensued, with the party’s leaders making three unsuccessful attempts to have him expelled.
Today, the Les Républicains party no longer really exists, even though Ciotti is still formally its chairman. Ciotti now sees himself as part of the UDR, and his former party colleagues—elected to the National Assembly by refusing any alliance with the RN and united behind Laurent Wauquiez—have formed a new parliamentary group called La Droite Républicaine.
Ciotti explained his strategy as follows on Saturday, August 31st, in front of his audience and then the press:
The Les Républicains brand is now outdated, discredited by its defeats, its contradictions, its lack of courage. The Union des Droites pour la République will be the great party of the right. The Republicans are changing. The spirit of the Republicans, or at least the spirit that I carried, is not dead. It is being transformed, rebuilt and reinvented. It’s a form of rebirth today.
The ideological line claimed by Ciotti is that of a union of the Rights that embraces its identity and rejects the pretences of Macronism and the centre-right—for now, paralysed by its proximity to the presidential camp. He denounces “the ten plagues of the ‘en même temps’ (at the same time).” Its programme includes measures such as strengthening direct democracy with regular recourse to referendums modelled on the Swiss system, ending jus soli, and introducing national preference.
The movement was launched with a view to breaking the cultural straitjacket of political correctness. “Here, we sing Sardou and we love Delon. Here France is at home,” Ciotti joked from the podium, announcing “our victory or chaos.”
It remains to be seen in the coming months whether the political niche of an assertive Right, left vacant for quite a long time in France, will be effectively occupied by Ciotti and his supporters.
Start ’Em Young: Government Climate Alarmists Brainwashing Kids to Comply with Green Tyranny
Climate alarmists in the federal government are now brainwashing children with an “inescapable death spiral” if they do not comply with green tyranny.
The Washington Free Beacon reported on this matter, citing the Climate Kids webpage operated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA). While the webpage includes educational materials and activities for children, it also parrots talking points from the climate alarmists. These include claims like “the world is undergoing cataclysmic warming,” “sea levels are rising” and “global ice coverage is diminishing.”
Just like the green tyrants claim, the Climate Kids page claims that fossil fuels are to blame for “pollution, the destruction of landscapes and natural habitats, oil spills in the ocean, and nasty fracking chemicals in the ground.” It also proclaims that global warming is the “biggest problem of all” despite studies that prove that the world’s temperatures are actually cooling.
(Related: NO WARMING AT ALL: Global COOLING continues for eighth straight year, according to NOAA data.)
The Free Beacon also showed an example of NASA’s Climate Kids webpage brainwashing children about the dangers of “climate change” and rising sea levels. One image predicted that cities like New Orleans and Miami could be underwater. However, the site does not show a timeline as to when it will happen.
Meanwhile, the NOAA Education Portal managed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) also peddles talking points from climate alarmists. It includes a curriculum with catastrophic language about global warming. “Courses linked on the portal, for example, encourage students to foster negative emotions about the state of the environment into taking action,” noted the Free Beacon.
“The online resources appear to be a peg in the Biden-Harris administration’s broader strategy of aiming climate messaging at younger generations.”
Texas Sen. Cruz to investigate the two climate portals
According to the Free Beacon, the NASA Climate Kids webpage was created during the Obama administration in 2012. However, the NOAA Education Portal was made under the Biden administration only in 2022.
The webpages did not sit well with U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), ranking member of the Senate Commerce Committee, with both now the subject of an investigation he is spearheading. On Aug. 22, he wrote letters to NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and NOAA Administration Richard Spinrad over the two resources. Cruz demanded information from the two officials about their efforts to stoke climate anxiety and “manufacture support” for “radical environmental activism.”
The senator accused the two agencies of producing “faux-educational materials that fuel climate alarmism” to generate support for the Biden administration’s climate agenda. Such fearmongering, he noted, contributes to the rise of “eco-anxiety” among young Americans.
“Young people are absorbing the rhetoric. They report high levels of anxiety about climate change and are adapting their behavior in radical ways, including by foregoing children. Is this anxiety based on science or sensationalism? The evidence points to the latter.”
Cruz wrote in his letter to Nelson that the prediction of submerged cities shown in the Climate Kids webpage wouldn’t happen for hundreds of years, if it will, based on the most updated analyses. “Our country’s approach to climate change should be driven by science, not the woke zeitgeist,” the senator wrote.
The Texas Republican meanwhile wrote in his letter to Spinrad that a video from 2012 in the NOAA Education Portal warned that melting ice caps could create an “inescapable death spiral.” The same video warned that “global warming” would leave no ice in the Arctic Ocean by 2022. However, NASA’s own data showed the opposite – the minimum extent of Arctic ice has increased by 29 percent since the video’s creation.
NASA spokeswoman Jennifer Dooren told the Free Beacon that her agency received the letter and would respond to the senator directly. Meanwhile, NOAA – which is under the Department of Commerce – did not respond to a request for comment.
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