Vaccines research: Looking at why some people get vaccinated and some do not

Getting a second or third Covid-19 vaccination

As time went on people listened more to their friends and family and to their experiences of getting the vaccine.

Most people felt they knew more about second and third vaccinations.

They knew more about side effects and how the vaccine was working.

A side effect is a symptom or change in someone's health after they have taken medicine or had a vaccine.

Things that were difficult to understand were:

- why you needed a third vaccination

- what 'booster' meant

As time went on, people had more personal experience of Covid-19, either getting Covid-19 themselves or close family and friends having the virus.

Some people had mild or no symptoms when they got the virus.

This could have made them feel that Covid-19 was not a big risk to their health.

This could mean they were not keen to get Covid-19 vaccinations in the future.

Over time, some people were more worried about:

- the number of Covid-19 vaccine doses that were needed

- if the vaccine was working – this was because people realised that having the vaccine did not stop you getting Covid-19

This meant that some people did not want to get a third vaccination.

Most people had similar experiences of getting their first, second or third vaccines.

Some people got vaccinated in a different building.

Some people did not get their second vaccine at the right time because some things made it difficult like:

- childcare

- work commitments

People were worried about being able to look after their children and being able to go to work if they felt ill after getting the vaccine.

More people were worried about this when getting their second or third vaccine.