The Tasmania Project Reopening Survey was open between 11 February and 2 March 2022. It asked adult Tasmanian residents about their experiences since the border opened including changes to their behaviour and attitudes, adherence to and feelings about public health protections, vaccination and vaccination intentions, wellbeing, and volunteering activity. This report focuses on vaccination and vaccination intention among respondents and, for respondents with children, vaccination status and intention to vaccinate children. It also briefly examines prevalence of COVID-19 infection among the sample, and parents’ feelings about the return to school. 

Most (88%) of respondents had not had COVID-19 in the three months prior to survey. More than two-thirds of respondents (69%) had received three or more doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Of those who had not yet had a third/booster dose, 61% intended to when they were eligible, 19% did not intend to, and 19% were not yet decided.Reasons among those who did not intend to or were not sure about getting a booster dose included a perceived lack of necessity, skepticism about the effectiveness of the booster dose, bad reactions to initial doses, and concerns about vaccine safety. 81% of parents of 5-11 year old’s intended to get their children in that age category vaccinated against COVID-19. 90% of parents of children aged 12-17 reported that their 12-17 year old children were one or two-dose vaccinated against COVID-19. 

Two-thirds of respondents (66%) intended to get the flu vaccine, 21% did not, and 12% were not sure. Not having had them in the past, concerns about effectiveness, having had “enough” vaccines, and barriers to access were the main reasons for not having or being unsure about having the flu vaccination.