# Vaccine refuser data thread

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** factual, covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [January 2, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccine-refuser-data-thread/929542 "2021-01-02T21:01:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccine-refuser-data-thread/929542/228 "2021-04-22T19:17:01Z")

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Here’s the latest from the UK - on the whole, remarkably good news - but with an unpleasant kicker.

> **[Covid: Vaccine uptake among over-50s hits 95% in England](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-56849874)**
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> But uptake among care home staff is still around 80% despite attempts to get more to come forward.

The story specifies “over-50s” because as we work our way down age wise, we’re essentially through them.

> **The percentage of over-50s vaccinated has hit 95% in England, NHS data shows…**
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> …But uptake among care home staff - one of the first groups to be offered the jab - is still around 80% despite attempts to get more to come forward…
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> …Ministers have launched a consultation on whether [care home workers should be required to receive a Covid vaccine](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56750679), with Mr Hancock saying it was “something many care homes have called for”.

It remains to be seen whether uptake in young people will match these figures, but hey - a refuser rate of 5%? It’s not bad.

> [@Dinsdale](#):
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> …Second, what, if anything, could/should governments or other entities do to encourage vacc (or address non-vacc)? Should proof of vacc be required to attend school? To renew one’s driver’s license? Anything else?

…or to go on holiday. Story (from the UK) [posted here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vaccine-passport-news-and-views/933668/61) in the vaccine passport thread.

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