New research published in the Australian Journal of Political Science has revealed that individuals who have less faith in their government officials are more likely to doubt vaccine safety and effectiveness. Experts from the University of Western Australia (UWA) used data from a cross-national study of 22 countries conducted prior to the emergency of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. The analysis compared a dataset of citizens’ attitudes towards government civil servants and compared it with the same peoples’ views on vaccines. UWA Associate Professor of Social Sciences and report co-author Katie Attwell explained that the connection between vaccines and government were inseparable. “Vaccine initiatives have long been the responsibility of national governments and public servants, who coordinate development, distribution and implementation,” Attwell said. “So vaccine acceptance can be expected not just to reflect people’s thoughts about the vaccines themselves, but also how they feel about governments since they control …