More than half of Americans say they want to delay getting a Covid vaccine until they know more information or even refuse it altogether, according to a new survey.
According to the nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation’s tracking project, only 41 percent of those surveyed said they wanted to receive the recordings as soon as possible.
Scientists warn that new variants of the virus mean countries must vaccinate 85% of their populations to achieve herd immunity, and Joe Biden is trying to ramp up vaccinations.
The president has set a goal of giving 100 million Americans their first dose of vaccine by April.
In the Kaiser study conducted in January, 31 percent said they wanted to wait and see further results from the vaccines, seven percent said they would only be vaccinated if they were vaccinated, while 13 percent said they would have absolutely no will receive vaccine. the shots.
More than half of Americans say they want to delay getting a Covid vaccine until they know more information or even refuse it altogether
The nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation study found that black and Hispanic people are more reluctant to get a vaccine
People from rural communities are also less enthusiastic to receive the photos, and adults in cities and suburbs are happier to be vaccinated
Nurse Lacinda Snowberger gives Priscilla Lockhart an injection of the Pfizer vaccine at a walk-in vaccination center in Virginia
The findings show a small increase in confidence in vaccines from December, when 63 percent of people said they would delay or refuse approved doses.
The number of people who want to get vaccinated immediately has also risen from 34 percent to 41 percent.
The study of 1,563 adults in the US also found that Republicans, people of black and Hispanic background, low-income households, and rural adults are the most reluctant groups to get vaccinated.
Vaccine enthusiasm is split along political lines, with Democrats far more eager to get the shot than Republicans
Nearly two-thirds of Democrats, 64 percent, say they’ve already been vaccinated or want the photos ASAP.
But this figure drops to 32 percent among Republicans, with 33 percent saying they want to wait, and a quarter saying they will definitely refuse the vaccine.
These numbers remain largely unchanged from December, showing President Joe Biden must transcend bias and call on Republicans to help with his national vaccination campaign.
Vaccine enthusiasm is also split across racial lines: 43 percent of black people and 37 percent of Hispanic adults say they want to postpone the shots until they know more about them.
Vaccine enthusiasm is also split across racial lines: 43 percent of black people and 37 percent of Hispanic adults say they want to delay the shots until they learn more about them
Among white adults, only 26 percent say they want to wait, with 53 percent saying they’ve already received a dose or want one immediately, compared to 35 percent of black adults and 42 percent in the Hispanic community.
Economically, there is another difference: People with a household income of $ 90,000 or more, almost twice that of those with an income of less than $ 40,000, say they or someone they know has been vaccinated.
Knowing someone who has already received an injection is one of the biggest indicators of enthusiasm for vaccines, the study shows.
More than half of those who want the vaccine “as soon as possible,” 52 percent, say they know someone who has been vaccinated.
The study found that many people are concerned that Covid-19 vaccines could cause long-term problems or serious side effects
Among those who say they get an injection “only when needed,” only 29 percent of people say they know someone who has received a vaccine.
The study also looked at concerns among people reluctant to receive the injections, with 68 percent of people saying they are concerned about the long-term effects of the vaccines.
Other fears that the vaccine could cause Covid-19 and that it could cause serious side effects are more pronounced in the groups less eager to receive the injections.
More than half of black adults (54 percent) and 50 percent of Hispanic people say they fear the vaccines will deliver the coronavirus, compared to 20 percent of white adults.
Fears about vaccinations are exacerbated by myths that have become more prominent among people who are reluctant to receive the shots
Lower income people without a college degree are also much more likely to have these concerns than educated people with higher income.
A YouGov poll last month found that vaccine skepticism in the US is higher than in many other countries.
Only 47 percent of people in the US said they would take a vaccine, compared to 73 percent in the UK, 69 percent in India, 68 percent in Mexico, 70 percent in Denmark and 64 percent in Australia.
As of Sunday, 31 million doses of vaccine have been administered in the US, out of the nearly 50 million delivered to states
Dr. Anthony Fauci has indicated that between 75 and 85 percent of Americans will need to be vaccinated to control the pandemic.
President Biden plans to inoculate 150 million people in the first 100 days of his government.
But he faces a grapple with so many Americans reluctant to receive the tapes, and many are being conned by conspiracy theories online.
This weekend, a crowd of maskless protesters temporarily shut down one of the world’s largest vaccination centers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles when they picked up the location.
About 50 protesters, including members of anti-vaccines and far-right groups, gathered outside the COVID-19 vaccination site at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles, disrupting the long line of drivers waiting for their dose
The anti-vax protesters spewed out false claims that the virus was not real and held up signs saying ‘COVID = SCAM’, ‘COERCION IS ILLEGAL’ and ‘Mark of the beast ahead’ as drivers lined up for the vaccination site.
The protests continue despite January being the deadliest month of the coronavirus pandemic so far.
The month saw more than 95,000 deaths, a jump of 20,000 from December, and more people have been hospitalized for the deadly virus so far than any other month.
However, the number of new cases and deaths has declined after peaking in the middle of the month.
On Sunday, the country registered 118,211 new Covid-19 cases with a seven-day average of 144,861 cases, according to the Covid Tracking Project.
The US also saw 2,055 new Covid-19-related deaths, with a seven-day average of 3,135 fatalities. A total of 95,211 deaths were recorded in January.
Hospital admissions and cases soared from early to mid-January, and there are currently 95,013 people hospitalized with the virus, a big jump since October, probably made worse by holiday travel.
On average, more people with Covid were also hospitalized in January than in any other month, but the number has fallen from its mid-month peak.
More positive news is that the number of new cases is now an average of 40,000 fewer than at the beginning of the month and more than 100,000 less than the peak of January 12.
Since the pandemic began, the nation has recorded more than 26 million cases and more than 441,000 deaths.