More than a third of Americans say they would not get a COVID-19 vaccine right now, even if were free and FDA-approved, according to a new Gallup poll.
Political party affiliation is the biggest difference-maker as 81% of Democrats said they would get a vaccine, while less than half of Republicans, 47%, said they would get the vaccine.
FAUCI SAYS FIRST CORONAVIRUS VACCINE DOSES COULD ARRIVE IN EARLY 2021.
At the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, the federal government poured $10 billion into “Operation Warp Speed,” which aims to deliver 300 million doses of a vaccine to Americans by January 2021.
Moderna announced on July 27 that it was entering a phase 3 clinical trial of its vaccine, which will enroll about 30,000 adult volunteers.
“We'll develop a vaccine.
There has been some concern that safeguards and best practices may be sidestepped in order to deliver a vaccine as fast as possible.