At least 10% of vaccine hesitation boils down to simple fear of needles. And it may be much larger. If it were possible to do vaccines via some other route - nasal spray, patch, pill, or some other method, vaccination campaigns may have been far more effective.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/injection-fears-and-covid19-vaccine-hesitancy/A70D5D859CC25804B7AC4FB3AD54F68D
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