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Study finds only half of Americans would get coronavirus vaccine, far below herd immunity levels - Salon

Study finds only half of Americans would get coronavirus vaccine, far below herd immunity levels - Salon

Study finds only half of Americans would get coronavirus vaccine, far below herd immunity levels - Salon
May 27, 2020 1 min, 2 secs

The survey, which was taken by The Associated Press–NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and released Wednesday, found that 49 percent of respondents would get vaccinated, 31 percent are not sure and 20 percent absolutely would not do so if a coronavirus vaccine was made available to the public.

Seventy-nine percent of the respondents said that the presence of a vaccine is important in determining whether businesses and activities should resume in their communities; within that group, 65 percent said they would get immunized when a vaccine becomes available.

Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, told Salon. "There are some people that think that, with this virus, we might be able to achieve it with 50 percent, so that's not 100 percent.

We may achieve it with 50 percent, but the bottom line is if we'd run the risk of not getting herd immunity with the vaccine.".

Among the Americans who said they absolutely would not get vaccinated, 70 percent said it was because they would be concerned about potential side effects, 42 percent said they were worried they'd be infected with the coronavirus, 31 percent said they are not concerned about getting seriously ill from the coronavirus and 30 percent said they don't believe vaccines work.

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