Therefore, Citizenship Rights, the Main Reason for Rejecting Paid Covid-19 Vaccines

A survey by the Katadata Insight Center (KIC), in collaboration with Change.org and Kawal Covid-19, reveals that 70% of Indonesians disagree with the proposal to make Covid-19 vaccines paid. Several reasons underlie this rejection.

The majority, or 73.9% of respondents who disagreed, consider vaccines a citizen's right, especially during an emergency situation like the current one. 67.9% of respondents deemed the paid vaccine proposal unfair to the less fortunate.

Furthermore, 53.5% of respondents believe the proposal has the potential to breed corruption. Another 39.3% rejected the paid vaccine idea because they believe supplies are still scarce and many people haven't received them yet.

Respondents who rejected the paid vaccine proposal because they believe it only benefits companies accounted for 32.6%. Meanwhile, 25.9% disagreed because of the high cost.

24.9% of respondents disagreed with paid vaccines by comparing the situation to other countries where vaccines are free. Finally, 2.9% disagreed for other reasons.

This online survey involved 8,299 respondents from August 6-22, 2021. Of these, 5,807 respondents stated their disagreement with the paid vaccine proposal.