Nearly half of over’s 80’s who have received both Covid jabs have admitted to breaking the rules over social distancing by meeting with someone outside of their support bubble.
A report out this morning from the Office of National Statistics into vaccine attitudes and behaviours in England’s over 80s population, found that an estimated two out of five over 80s who had received the first dose of a vaccine less than three weeks ago reported they had met someone other than a household member, care worker or member of their support bubble, indoors.
The report also found that a quarter of over 80s who had only received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccination reported that they would be much or somewhat more likely to attend a hospital for medical reasons since being vaccinated; this increased to one-third for those who had received both doses.
Around 19 out of 20 would be very or somewhat likely to encourage others to get a COVID-19 vaccination.
Tim Gibbs, Public Services Analysis Team, Office for National Statistics said:
“The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccination is, no doubt, a huge relief to many people aged over 80, as we can see that almost half of all them, when asked, considered COVID-19 to be a major or significant personal risk before receiving the vaccination – this decreases to just 5% having the same concern after hypothetically receiving both doses of the vaccine.
“It will hopefully also improve a wider quality of life for this group. We can see that one third of over 80s who had received two or more doses of the vaccine reported they would be more likely to attend a hospital for a medical reason since being vaccinated.
“We hope to start to see these wider positive effects of the vaccine rollout as it continues across more age groups in the coming weeks.”
