Americans’ willingness to be vaccinated against COVID-19 has risen significantly since the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna injections were approved for use by the FDA, according to a new poll.
According to the USA Today / Suffolk University poll, 46 percent said they will take the vaccine as soon as possible – nearly double the 26 percent who were ready to get the injection ASAP in a USA Today poll in late October.
In the new poll, 32 percent of respondents said they would wait for others to take the photos before doing it themselves.
“We need to take control of this virus, and that would do my part,” said Susan Sadule, 59, a retiree from Easton, Pennsylvania, who was questioned.
“From what I’ve read, about 75 percent of the nation will take the vaccine to create herd immunity – and frankly, I don’t want to live in a pandemic for the rest of my life,” said Lisa McAlister, 48, a registered nurse from Grove. , Oklahoma.
Those most reluctant to get a vaccine remain unconvinced. In October, one in five said they would not take the photo – now or later. The same 20 percent said so in the latest survey.
Both polls surveyed 1,000 registered voters and have margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.