The Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services is studying why some residents may be hesitant to receive vaccinations, such as the flu and COVID-19 shots.
As a starting point, the Health Department has created an online survey for residents to take by Nov. 1.
Long Beach received a $150,000 grant from The National Association of County and City Health Officials to study why residents may be hesitant or not want to receive vaccines.
After the survey closes, City staff will analyze the data gathered and compile a report.
Jennifer Rice Epstein, Public Affairs Officer for the Health Department, said in an email to the Signal Tribune that more information about the survey will be released soon in an upcoming public notice.
Some of the questions on the survey include:
- How concerned are you about getting COVID-19 or the flu?
- How important do you think getting a COVID-19 and flu vaccine is to protect yourself against COVID-19 and influenza?
- How safe do you think a COVID-19 vaccine is for you?
- How safe do you think a flu vaccine is for you?
- Have you ever had COVID-19?
- How much do you trust the healthcare workers who gave you a COVID-19 vaccine?
- How much do you trust the healthcare workers who gave you a flu vaccine?
- How much do you trust the public health agencies that recommended the COVID-19 vaccines?
According to a study published in July 2023 in the scientific journal “Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety,” 9,201 deaths were reported among COVID-19 vaccine recipients from Dec. 14, 2020, and Nov. 17, 2021.
However, deaths among COVID-19 vaccine recipients during this time period were lower than the all-death rate, which measures the average rate of deaths by any cause among every 100,000.
Since January 2020, there have been 1,136,920 deaths attributed to COVID-19 in the United States.
To take the survey by Nov. 1, visit longbeach.gov/vaccinesurvey.
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