August 2021 poll of vaccine hesitancy among parents of school-age children, reported by @EducationNext 1/x educationnext.org/parent-poll-re… 
@EducationNext A majority of parents say they will definitely or probably vaccinate their school-age child when possible. 2/x
@EducationNext Democratic-identified parents are more enthusiastic about vaccination than Republican parents. A majority of Republican parents say they definitely or probably won't vaccinate. 3/x
@EducationNext What we're learning however is that these hesitancy numbers are very soft - and can be influenced if hesitancy carries economic costs. Republican loyalists are more willing to hazard future health risks than to incur tangible costs in $ or inconvenience. 4/x
@EducationNext That's why school mandates will be so especially important. Sadly, some parents may be willing to risk their children's health to express a tribal identity - especially since it's difficult to calculate that risk very precisely. 5/x
@EducationNext But make it 100% certain that without vaccination the child must pay for a COVID test every week - or attend class remotely - or be excluded from sports leagues - and then the anti-social expression of tribal identity will cease to appear "cost free." 6/x
@EducationNext One thing we've learned this September is that polls about vaccination do not accurately predict what people will actually *do* if faced with the real-world consequences of an anti-social choice. 7/x
@EducationNext The poll numbers on vaccination hesitancy are often worryingly large.
The numbers of resignations over vaccination requirements are reassuringly few.
And so it will almost certainly be in the schools as well.
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The numbers of resignations over vaccination requirements are reassuringly few.
And so it will almost certainly be in the schools as well.
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