Month Americans are willing to get one covid-19 vaccine, suggests a new survey. According to a survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation, Americans are more likely to have been vaccinated or wanted to be vaccinated in February than a month ago, while the percentage of people who want to wait to see has also declined. .
KFF’s COVID-19 vaccine monitor has been tracking people’s enthusiasm for a covid-19 vaccine since last December, through a nationally representative survey conducted by phone. The latter poll more than 1,800 adults interviewed between 15 and 23 February 2021 took part.
For the first time in their survey, a slight majority of Americans (55%) have obtained at least one dose of the vaccine (18%) or are looking to get it as soon as possible (37%). This exceeds the 47% and 34% who said the same in January and December, respectively. The percentage of people waiting for others to make it before making a decision has also been reduced, from 31% in January to 22% in February.
Positive figures are even more encouraging in light of the constantand improving deployment of vaccines in the U.S. As of Friday, 47.2 million Americans have received at least one dose of Modern or Pfizer / BioNTech vaccines, while 22 million have been fully vaccinated with two doses. And access to vaccines is expected to be even easier soon.
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This weekend is the Food and Drug Administration expected grant authorization for emergency use of a single-dose vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson, making it the third available for the United States public. Once authorized, the company has pledged to ship nearly 4 million doses immediately for distribution, along with a total of 20 million doses by the end of March. Moderna and Pfizer / BioNTech have promised to produce 220 million combined doses by the end of next month.
The most convenient J&J vaccine can make at least some people more comfortable with vaccination. Of those who still wanted to wait and see, 26% said they would be more willing to receive a vaccine if it only required one dose. Other concerns cited by this group included potentially serious side effects or concern that the vaccine would give them covid-19. Real-global data continue to support the safety and efficacy of both mRNA vaccines, however, and none of the available vaccines are able to give people covid-19 as it does not contain the actual coronavirus.
Enthusiasm for the vaccine increased across all demographics, but blacks and Hispanic Americans were even more likely to express caution about vaccination. They were also more likely to worry about possible problems, such as not being able to afford the vaccine or getting it from a trusted source. and worry about not having the vaccine sufficiently proven in their specific demographics. Public health experts have continued to stress the importance of building trust among these communities and correcting misinformation whenever possible. For example, all covid-19 vaccines will be available for free.
There roman a small minority of Americans who will find it harder to change the hesitation. About 15% of the survey said they would “definitely not” be vaccinated, while another 7% said they would only get a vaccine if needed. for work, school or other activities, figures that have not changed much since December.
ThThese vaccines are ready to turn the pandemic upside down and reduce deaths, hospitalizations, and new cases, i there seems to be some a lot of people who are willing to take advantage of them as they become available.