Nearly 21 Percent US Adults Not Planning to Get Covid Vaccine: Survey

As the US prepares its nationwide vaccination program, a new survey has revealed that at least 21.3 percent of adults in the country are not planning to get the coronavirus vaccine shot.

As the US prepares its nationwide vaccination program, a new survey has revealed that at least 21.3 percent of adults in the country are not planning to get the coronavirus vaccine shot. The findings of the study are published in the American Journal of Infection Control.

The study examined the psychological and social predictors of US adults' willingness to get a future Covid-19 vaccine and whether these predictors differ under an emergency use authorization release of the vaccine.

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‘Younger respondents were more likely than older respondents to express willingness to get the vaccine.’

It involved a survey of 788 US adults and found that 59.9 percent of the respondents were definitely or probably planning to receive a future coronavirus vaccine, while 18.8 percent were neutral and 21.3 percent were probably or definitely not planning to get it.

When asked if they would get the vaccine under an emergency use authorization, 46.9 percent of the respondents said they were definitely, likely, or somewhat willing to do so, while 53.1 percent said they were definitely, likely, or somewhat unwilling to do so.

"The biggest issue coming out of this study is that the participants seemed worried about receiving the Covid-19 vaccine under emergency use authorization," said the study's lead author Jeanine Guidry from the Virginia Commonwealth University in the US.

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"We now also know that two of the vaccines -- Pfizer and Moderna -- may have some expected side-effects, and that may make people hesitate to get the vaccine," she added.

The study also found troubling disparities among the demographic groups. For example, younger respondents were more likely than older respondents to express willingness to get the vaccine.

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The findings showed that significant predictors of willingness to get the coronavirus vaccine included education level and having health insurance, as well as a high-perceived susceptibility to Covid-19.

"Predictors of a willingness to get the vaccine under an emergency use authorization included age and race/ethnicity," the authors noted.

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