… Some groups with initial vaccine hesitancy — such as Black Americans and Latinos — have shown clear declines in hesitancy as vaccination rates have increased. But partisan identity is now the biggest predictor of vaccine hesitancy — 44% of Republicans say they do not intend to get vaccinated while […] Read more »
Religious Reactions to Vaccination in the US
… As usual, there are good reasons to think that religion is playing both sides, boosting a pro-social willingness to get vaccinated as well as fueling the resistance to this collective effort. For instance, culture warrior Franklin Graham based his pro-vaccine message on the Biblical parable of the Good Samaritan […] Read more »
Younger Americans are least likely to vaccinate
… Most Americans want to get vaccinated, but we know from the data that certain groups are more likely than others to say they have or will get a Covid-19 vaccine. Usually, we focus on partisan differences (i.e. Republicans lagging in vaccination rates) or racial differences (i.e. Black Americans lagging). […] Read more »
Least Vaccinated U.S. Counties Have Something in Common: Trump Voters
About 31 percent of adults in the United States have now been fully vaccinated. Scientists have estimated that 70 to 90 percent of the total population must acquire resistance to the virus to reach herd immunity. But in hundreds of counties around the country, vaccination rates are low, with some […] Read more »
Will Americans accept vaccine passports in their eagerness to reopen?
… Vaccine passports are one way to get normal life back up and running. But, as they say, all politics is local. That goes with vaccine imprimaturs as well. Look at the data. America is saying, “I am good with the idea if my local hospital is, too.” Trust, openness—it’s […] Read more »
Americans overwhelmingly say marijuana should be legal for recreational or medical use
As more states, including Virginia and New York, continue to legalize marijuana, an overwhelming share of U.S. adults (91%) say either that marijuana should be legal for medical and recreational use (60%) or that it should be legal for medical use only (31%) … There have long been age and […] Read more »