thevaccinereaction--2020-10-12--Only Half of Americans Polled Say They Would Get COVID-19 Vaccine

In a poll conducted for CNN during Oct. 1-4 , 2020 , the Pennsylvania-based market research firm SSRS found that 51 percent of the 1,205 Americans surveyed said they would try to get a COVID-19 vaccine if it were widely available at a low cost , 45 percent said they would not and four percent had no opinion .
Sixty percent of respondents 65 years of age and older said to they would get a new COVID-19 vaccine , while 49 percent of those under 45 said they would try to get vaccinated.1 2 3 4 Poll responses also varied @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the men surveyed , 58 percent said they would try to get a COVID-19 vaccine , while only 45 percent of women said they would try.1 2 3 4 CNN polls conducted in May and August showed 66 percent and 56 percent respectively of those surveyed said they would try to get a COVID-19 vaccine , reflecting a steady downward trend .
The May and August polls also shows that the percentage of respondents saying they would not try to get a COVID-19 vaccine has steadily increased .
In May , 33 percent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ get a COVID-19 vaccine , while in August the percentage rose to 40 percent.5 Other Polls Have Shown Even Less Interest in Getting COVID-19 Vaccine Other polls conducted by other market research firms on behalf of other news outlets have shown even less willingness on the part of Americans to get a COVID-19 vaccine .
In a poll of 2,493 U.S registered voters conducted last month for CBS News , pollster YouGov found only 21 percent of of those surveyed said they would get a COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available , even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , “ the number of Americans willing to get a new vaccine against COVID-19 has been falling since polling began , ” noted staff writer Kate Raines of The Vaccine Reaction in a recent article.6 Raines wrote : In April/May , a poll of 1,056 adults conducted by the Associated Press ’ s NORC Center for Public Affairs Research showed that 49 percent said they planned to get vaccinated as soon as a vaccine was licensed , 20 percent said they would not get the new vaccine and 31 percent were unsure .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ an even higher number of respondents planning to get a new vaccine : 59 percent among 2,200 surveys of U.S. adults , with 14 percent saying they would not want the vaccine and 22 percent unsure .
By late July , polls showed the number of people who would accept a newly licensed COVID-19 vaccine had dropped to 32 percent , with 17 percent against taking any coronavirus vaccine approved this year and 51 percent taking a “ wait and see ” stance.6 Polls indicate that many Americans are concerned about safety , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vaccine would protect them from the mutated coronavirus.6