Thread by @sundersays

Attitudes to Covid (weekly memo 32)
- Vaccine seen as best news of the year so far by most
- How to address challenges of 'vaccine hesitancy'
- Anti-lockdown party won't replicate pro-Brexit coalition
- Gloomy economic views, especially among minorities
britishfuture.org/wp-content/upl…

Comprehensive and concise overview of initial responses to the vaccine news in this @JLPartnersPolls survey published in the Mail

The vaccine hesitant are more likely to be the young rather than old, as this YouGov snap survey captures. Just 6% of the over 65s wouldn't take it, but closer to 1/6 or 1/5 of younger groups doubt that they would. yougov.co.uk/topics/health/…

General faith in vaccines fell during the year of the pandemic in west, report Ipsos-Mori (September data) - esp where Covid and science became partisan divides (USA, Italy). France an outlier for high vaccine scepticism. UK narrower - but with challenges.
ipsos.com/ipsos-mori/en-…

How to engage with 'vaccine hesitancy': timely report from British Academy and Royal Society recommends the public communication and local engagement strategies needed to secure an 80% take-up of a vaccine
thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/vaccine-h…

The vaccine has generated more medium-term optimism: only 11% of people think back to normal by Spring is realistic. Three-quarters don't (YouGov)

The age demographics of Covid scepticism are a cross-pressure and barrier to mobilising a pro-Brexit coalition against lockdown, complicating Nigel Farage's ability to engage the anti-lockdown minority. But one third of that quarter of the public are with him on both fronts.

A third of people are worried about losing their job, rising to 4/10 ethnic minority respondents, report YouGov

Interesting snippet from Accenture report on ethnic minority employee's perceptions of responses to anti-racism protests. Own employers rated good (4/10) or OK (4/10) more often than poor (2/10). Mixed on general business response & sceptical about govt and media.
(n = 426)