Why are the young reluctant to take the vaccine?

"9 in 10 (90%) people aged 16 to 29 years reported positive vaccine sentiment this week (93% last week); this proportion was 63% reported at the start of the vaccination programme in December 2020" (ONS, 9 July 2021)

They don't appear to be reluctant.

Elsewhere also but that's the most recent thing I've seen.

Couldn't remember wherre I'd read the above stuff. Now I've found it: Don't Blame Young People for Plummeting Vaccination Rates by Dr Mark Toshner.

Our 21 year old granddaughter, her boyfriend and all of their friends have had it. They were desperate to get it.

I'm only talking about covid19 vaccines.

Baggs

One of the reasons for reluctance that I've read about is that they are seen as experimental vaccines in the sense that nobody actually knows what the long-term consequences might be (if any).

In older people this concern matters less than it does for asomeone who has their whole adult life ahead of them.

It's this same reason that some people are arguing strongly against vaccinating children.

One of the reasons for reluctance that I've read about is that they are seen as experimental vaccines in the sense that nobody actually knows what the long-term consequences might be (if any).

In older people this concern matters less than it does for asomeone who has their whole adult life ahead of them.

Nobody is pitting young against old.
You are making the issue unnecessarily confrontational which is insidious.
Don’t put words either in my mouth or that of the author of the article.

I think it probably isnt high on their priority list. The likelihood is they wont get seriously ill so dont feel under so much threat. I hate the whole pitting young against old anyway.