public said they would get vaccinated as soon as a vaccine was available when asked earlier this month, down considerably from 69% who said the same thing in mid-August.
That change suggests growing concern that the regulatory approval process for a Covid-19 [coronavirus disease] vaccine has been politicized by the Trump administration in the run-up to the presidential election.
Cuomo added that he is not “confident” in a potential “new” vaccine developed by the Trump administration, which includes the Democrat-favored Dr.
Nevertheless, several Trump administration officials, including Fauci, have said they are “cautiously optimistic” the FDA will approve a private company’s vaccine, or several, by late this year or early 2021.
residents who are willing to get a vaccine as soon as it is available has dropped by more than ten percent in about a month and a half — from mid-August to early October, the STAT/Harris poll found.
The poll found that 59% of white Americans indicated they would get vaccinated as soon as a vaccine is ready, a decline from 70% in mid-August.
Only 43% of Black individuals said they would pursue a vaccine as soon as it was available, a sharp drop from 65% in mid-August.
[The poll found] about 40% of Americans said they are somewhat or much more likely to get the coronavirus vaccine once it is available.
Another 19% said they were somewhat or much less likely to pursue an available vaccine.