Concerns about new mutations as vaccine willingness slightly decreases

Photo: Pixabay The corona virus: the pandemic mostly affected mental health - Two-thirds of the German population are concerned about new corona mutations; one-fifth of the population is very worried. At the same time, fewer and fewer people are prepared to renew their vaccinations, as the current representative European COvid Survey (ECOS) from May 2022 has revealed. The survey is regularly conducted by the Hamburg Center for Health Economics (HCHE) at Universität Hamburg, with over 8,000 people in 8 countries taking part. "The population's oncerns about another wave is real and they show that for many people, the pandemic isn't over yet," says Jonas Schreyögg, scientific director of the HCHE. This is not true only in Germany but in other European countries, as well. Over 75 percent of the people in Spain, Italy, and Portugal fear new mutations; people in Denmark, however, are less worried (52 percent). Nonetheless, the general willingness to get vaccinated decreased in Germany since the beginning of the year, from 86 to 83 percent.