Troubling numbers of physicians believe vaccines are unsafe or uneffective.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X22003024

This is a rather disturbing study on vaccine confidence among primary care physicians.

In this survey, 10.1% of physicians did not agree that vaccines are safe. 9.3% did not agree that they were effective. And 8.4% did not agree that they were important.

For the US public at large, those numbers were 26.8%, 14.7%, and 13.6% respectively.

Among physicians, conservative political views are significantly and negatively associated with thinking vaccines are safe or effective. Likewise, wealthier PCPs are more likely to think vaccines are safe. And if a PCP has had COVID they are significantly less likely to think vaccines are safe, effective, or important.

Considering how important physicians are for encouraging vaccination and addressing vaccine concerns, it is pretty troubling that so many have these views.