This was up from 63% in September – indicating a steady increase in confidence as regulators worked to approve the vaccine and held public meetings to discuss data supporting their use.
But black Americans, people living in the countryside, and Republicans are more reluctant to take shots.
One-third of those surveyed said they would like to get a vaccine “sooner”, and 39% of those surveyed said they would “wait and see” how the initial vaccine goes before getting one.
The nonprofit health research team surveyed 1,676 adults for the survey, which the team introduces as the Covit-19 vaccine monitor and plans to continue updating.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved emergency use of Pfizer’s Govt-19 vaccine after a public meeting of its independent advisers last week. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention supported the EUA over the weekend after a general meeting of its own advisers.
Vaccines spread to all 50 states on Monday, and many doctors, nurses and other staff have stepped up their efforts to vaccinate in public.
But officials say they are concerned that many Americans do not yet believe in such a new vaccine.
The study pointed to a small hard center of vaccine suspects.
About 15% said they would definitely not get the Govt-19 vaccine. “This group was made up of Republicans and more than just high school-level education,” Kaiser said in a statement.
9% of those surveyed, mostly essential workers, said they only get vaccinated if needed by work, school or other areas of their lives.
“The interesting thing is that if you examine the reasons for reluctance between different groups, you will find that they really differ depending on who you are talking to,” Liz Hamil, director of Kaiser’s public opinion research project, told CNN.
The study also looked at the motives behind vaccine reluctance, and found that Republicans, aged 30 to 39, rural Americans and black Americans were the most vaccine-reluctant groups.
Worried about side effects
“Some black adults are reluctant to switch with additional information, for example: 71% of those who say they will not be vaccinated are concerned about the possible side effects (which are expected to be mild) and that half (50%) may get COVID-19 from the vaccine. They say they are worried, “said KFF.
It was “a warning sign of widespread misinformation in the group,” Hamil said.
Both African Americans and Latinos expressed concern about how the vaccine development process would take into account their needs. Only 11% of African Americans and 16% of Latinos were “very confident” that the process would take into account their needs.
According to Republicans, 57% of those surveyed chose to “exaggerate the risks of Govt-19” because they would never get vaccinated or vaccinated.
“Many reluctant Americans set aside the verdict before being vaccinated. However, one in four Republicans did not want to be vaccinated because they did not believe Govt would pose a serious threat,” said Molian Brady, executive chairman of the Kaiser Family Trust. “It would be a real challenge to undo the covetousness of these pieces of President Trump’s political platform.”
Surveyors were asked to assess the level of excitement about the vaccine if they get the vaccine as soon as possible, wait and see how it works, only if it is needed for school or work, or of course not receive it.
The Kaiser group found that 39% of participants fell into the “wait and see” group. About half, 52%, of black Americans fell into this group; 43% of the Latin population, 36% are white. Whites make up 40% “as soon as possible”, but only 20% of blacks and 26% of Hispanics say they need a corona virus vaccine.
Trusted ambassadors
“Based on our data, what’s going on in this initial release will roll in smoothly, but it’s important to know how those reports are filtered to the media and what different media sources tell people about how it is.
“It’s very difficult, because it’s not like a national advertising campaign with a national trust ambassador. He can go there and convince people. It’s really an army of ground ambassadors,” he said.
Kaiser asked participants the most trusted individuals to get their information. A large number, 85% said they trust their personal healthcare providers and everyone else, including national, state and local ambassadors. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the local health department, the Food and Drug Administration and Dr. Anthony Fassi were considered 34% more reliable sources of information than President Trump, who was rated the least trusted ambassador of choice.
“As we have seen over the past few months, you know that these different groups and potential ambassadors are being eroded and become more discriminatory as they are bound up in political discourse,” Hamil said.
The study found that the majority of Americans believe the vaccine will be widely available next summer, and that more people will believe it will be properly tested before the vaccine is administered.
Surveyors now also believe that the vaccine will be reasonably distributed when it is still available. The increase was most pronounced among African Americans – only 32% believed in an even distribution of the vaccine in September, but that share now stands at 62%.