Essay: Just 1.7 per cent of people in PNG are vaccinated against COVID. Why is resistance so fierce?

In an article first published on The Conversation, FRASER MACDONALD, a senior lecturer in anthropology at the University of Waikato in New Zealand, looks at what factors, including religious beliefs, are hampering Papua New Guinea’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout…
Vaccine hesitancy declines among faith groups in the US, spurred partly by religious appeals – survey

RNS A new survey finds vaccine hesitancy has fallen among Americans overall and among all religious subgroups in just three months, with many who once balked saying they embraced inoculation against COVID-19 at the urging of faith leaders. Many stalwart subsets of “vaccine refusers”, however, have barely budged, raising concerns as to whether they will […]