thevaccinereaction--2020-08-10--Poll: 69 Percent of Americans Worried Fast-Tracked COVID-19 Vaccines Won’t Be Safe

Numerous polls have been conducted during the last few months asking Americans if they would get a COVID-19 vaccine were it approved by the U.S. government and offered to the public .
Polls in April-May 2020 showed that about half or more of those surveyed said they would get the vaccine .
More recent polling , however , has shown a decline in the percentage of positive responses .
For example , in a nationwide poll of 1,000 adults taken by the Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research at the University of Chicago during May 14-18 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would get vaccinated , while 20 percent said they would not .
Thirty-one percent said they were unsure.1 Previous polls conducted in April and early May by YouGov/Yahoo !
News , Morning Consult , and ABC News/Ipsos had registered even higher favorable responses for the percentage of Americans intending to get COVID-19 vaccines when they are licensed .
Only 43 Percent of Americans Intend to Get COVID-19 Vaccine Immediately The April/May 2020 YouGov/Yahoo !
News poll found that 55 percent of people surveyed said they would get a COVID-19 vaccine once it is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would not and 26 percent said they were not sure .
In the poll by Morning Consult , 64 percent said they would get the vaccine , compared to 14 percent who said they would not and 22 percent who said they were unsure.2 3 4 Of those polled by ABC News/Ipsos , 74 percent said they were either “ somewhat ” or “ very likely ” to get the vaccine , while 25 percent said they were either “ not so likely ” or “ not likely at all ” to get @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a poll of 1,000 people conducted by WebMD showed that only 43 percent would get the vaccine during the first year it is available .
An additional 30 percent said they were not sure and 28 percent said they would not get the vaccine.5 According to WebMD : Worries About COVID-19 Vaccine Fast Tracking and Side Effects Main Reason for Hesitancy Side effects , including serious ( Grade 3 ) ones , have been reported during human clinical trials on experimental COVID-19 vaccines being developed by several leading pharmaceutical companies , including Moderna @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and a joint venture between Pfizer , Inc. and BioNTech SE.6 The latest poll conducted by YouGov/Yahoo !
News during July 28-30 found that only 41 percent of those surveyed said they would get a COVID-19 vaccine when it is available , while 27 percent they would not and 32 said they were not sure.7 8 Data journalist Hoang Nguyen of YouGov said that 69 percent of those surveyed are “ concerned about the safety of a vaccine being fast-tracked through the approval process.
” Among those who do not trust health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Control and Prevention ( CDC ) , “ that level of concern soars to 81 percent , ” Nguyen noted.7 Natalie Dean , PhD , assistant professor of biostatistics at the University of Florida , said : I ’ m a vaccine researcher , and even I would place myself in the ‘ not sure ’ bucket .
What we have right now is a collection of animal data , immune response data and safety data based on early trials and from similar vaccines for other diseases .
The evidence that would convince @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or to recommend that my loved ones get vaccinated , does not yet exist.8