Parents whose kids are unvaccinated for Covid-19 are much less likely to get information from health-care providers

Where parents of children ages 5-18 got information about the decision to vaccinate their children
(Covid States Project graph; click the image to enlarge it.) 

Parents who don't have their children vaccinated against the coronavirus are less likely to say they were informed about the vaccines by the government or their schools and more likely to say they got information about the issue from online sources or made the decision by doing their own research or trusting their gut. So says the most recent online poll by the Covid States Project, a consortium of Northeastern University, Harvard University and its medical school, Rutgers University and Northwestern University.

Some key takeaways of the study:

• When parents were asked about information sources they consulted for child health or vaccination information, the most commonly selected sources overall were news websites and apps, government and medical websites or apps, television, Facebook, and YouTube, in that order. 
• Only 9% of parents overall said they consult newspapers for health information, compared to 16% who watch television, and 20% who check news websites or apps.
• Parents most commonly discussed decisions about their children's health with family members.