France Top The Most Doubtful Regarding Immunizations, Survey Says

The Scientific community considers vaccines to be the greatest medical breakthrough in the 20th Century. From prevention to reducing the infection the injectable can surely help you.  It has been an issue of what side-effects could lead to. Scientists conducted a survey to which countries is the most doubtful.

Vaccines have been known globally for avoiding and battling diseases such as diphtheria, polio, and tuberculosis. However, not everyone is assured of what is the safety precautions and effectiveness will lead them to.  Thus, the recent measles outbreak could give policymakers a valuable insight.

Experts are worried for the refusal of the public to be vaccinated, for they could be infected with a disease such as polio, measles, and meningitis. They even blame the internet for spreading the negative messages regarding vaccines. These problems have already risen to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, leading the World Health Organization. They are concern about the diseases spreading and will cause adverse health consequences.  

In line, experts conducted a survey with around 66,000 people across 67 countries, and as a result, the most undecided to take the vaccine is the European region. With seven out of the ten countries such as France, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine, Russia, Greece, Armenia and Slovenia are the top most doubtful regarding the vaccination. The lead country that is not willingly to be vaccinated is France with over 41% of its responders does not want to be vaccinated, reported by The News Minute.

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Dr. Heidi Larson said, "It's striking that Europe stands out as the region most skeptical about vaccine safety. And, in a world where the internet means beliefs and concerns about vaccines can be shared in an instant, we should not underestimate the influence this can have on other countries around the world," according to Medical News Today.com.

The study was published in EBioMedicine. Researchers are still hoping to gain the public trust regarding the immunization to avoid the widespread of the disease.