In August, only 36 percent of Swedes were positive about taking the new corona vaccine.
The figure has gradually increased from 46 percent in November and 71 percent now in December, the survey from the opinion institute Novus shows, where 1,578 people aged 18 to 79 were interviewed.
Bettan Brynsö and her friend think it is obvious to get vaccinated.
- Why not get vaccinated, that is the best thing you can do, she tells SVT.
"Looks promising"
Matti Sällberg, professor at Karolinska Institutet in Huddinge and expert on vaccines, is not surprised that more people are positive about the vaccine today, compared with August.
- When you have now seen these studies that it looks really promising.
People have gained confidence in those who produce the vaccine and the producers have been clear that if there was any hint of side effects in the clinical studies, they stopped the study, examined it and then continued when they were sure, he says.
Most positive to take the vaccine are those aged 65 to 79 years, among them 82 percent want to take the vaccine, but also among young people aged 18 to 29 years, 66 percent are positive.
12 percent do not want to get vaccinated
But not everyone has decided what to do about the vaccine.
Novus' survey shows that 17 percent do not yet know whether to get vaccinated.
12 percent say no to the vaccine.
In that group, 83 percent answer that they opt out of the vaccine because they are worried about side effects.
The interviewees had the opportunity to choose several response options and 12 percent in the group state that they think the vaccine is generally bad.
15 percent do not want to take the vaccine because they think they already have or have had covid-19.
- I want to know a little more, what are the side effects of the vaccine, you do not want to be first, says Bode Näslund to SVT.