Safety Concerns Remain Main Driver of Vaccine Hesitancy

As national, state, and local governments continue to navigate the coronavirus vaccine distribution, 35% of Americans say they will definitely get vaccinated against COVID-19 and 13% say they have already been inoculated. Fifteen percent say they will definitely not get vaccinated. The rest of the public are less sure: 19% percent say they will probably receive the vaccine and 17% say they probably won’t. Overall, 73% are at least somewhat worried they or someone in their family will contract the coronavirus.

More Democrats than Republicans intend to get the vaccine when it’s made available to them. College educated Americans are more likely than those less educated to say they would receive the vaccine. Older generations are more likely to say they definitely would receive the vaccine than younger ones. CONTINUED

AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research


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