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Researchers from the LUMC, Erasmus University and The Hague University of Applied Sciences have come to this conclusion. reports de Volkskrant.
The hospitals in the Netherlands are now mainly dealing with corona patients who have not been vaccinated. Currently, 90 percent of patients have had no vaccination.
ghost stories
According to former minister Jet Bussemaker, who is now a professor at the LUMC, the government’s campaign focused too late on people who did not want to get a shot.
Because no immediate attempt was made to reach vulnerable groups, ghost stories and conspiracy theories could just keep going around.
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According to Bussemaker, the focus was on large vaccination streets, but ‘as a result, customization was also quickly abandoned.
Understandable information
“Parallel to the large-scale campaign, people should have immediately gone into the neighborhoods with understandable information for everyone. That could have made a real difference.”
According to the professor, too little has been done with the knowledge that was already available about difficult groups. “Our research shows that it mainly concerns people from underprivileged neighbourhoods, with a low social status and sometimes a language deficiency, who are suspicious of the government and institutes such as RIVM. These groups have difficulty making a good, well-considered choice, because they mix up a lot: they equate fake news with reliable information.”
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Bussemaker fears inequality: “We have to be careful that people with social problems or, for example, a lower education do not get sick.”
In addition, it also went wrong because of the policy that kept changing. Initially, there would be no face masks or vaccination certificates, for example. “People see that, remember it. If it does happen, it arouses suspicion.”
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