Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences named ways to convince anti-vaxxers

There are several conditions under which it is possible to convince opponents of covid-19 vaccinations , among them - the competent organization of vaccination, a guarantee of diagnosis after vaccination, and the demonstration of positive encouraging stories about vaccination in the media, this was told in an interview with RBC by a DOCTOR of psychological sciences, HEAD of the laboratory of social and Economic Psychology of the Institute of Psychology of the Russian Academy of Sciences Timofey Nestik.

As for invitations to excursions to the red zones of hospitals, according to the professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences, they are ineffective: only staunch anti-vaccinators who seek to make their position public will respond. As a result, the polarization in society will increase, and the public will remember only the arguments of the anti-vaxxers,

In addition, frightening footage of people between life and death can negatively affect those who are already ill: they will try to postpone going to the doctor until the last, fearing to fall into the red zone, Nestik added.

Distrust of vaccines is also stimulated by the conflicting positions of experts, science develops, differences of opinion are an inevitable process, Nestik explains, but it is important that experts have a circle of theses on which they agree.

A social contract about the future can help overcome the polarization of opinions. “It is important to explain that CORONAVIRUS is for life, it must be accepted, all risks taken into account and a flexible contract system built. Switch the focus from how soon a particular person needs to inject, to how we will live on, ”he said.