Recent surveys among Americans indicate an increased desire to obtain the coronavirus vaccine amid growing confidence in vaccinations and the distribution of a third vaccine approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
This week, President Biden revealed a partnership between Merck and Johnson & Johnson to produce the single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, adding that the US will have sufficient doses of the vaccine through it and the two-shot vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna to vaccinate every American adult until at the end of May.
In studies conducted in recent weeks, Americans have shown an increased desire to receive the vaccine, despite initial hesitation at the beginning of the vaccine launch.
In the a Pew Research Center survey published on Friday, 69% of American adults surveyed between February 16 and February 21 said they either already received the vaccine or intend to receive the vaccine, an increase from 60% who said they intend to get vaccinated in November.
Pew reported that about 19 percent of survey respondents had already received the vaccine, while another 50 percent said they “certainly or probably” intend to get vaccinated.
One Kaiser Family Foundation survey released late last month, 55 percent of American adults said they received at least one dose of vaccine (18 percent), or want to receive inoculation as soon as possible (37 percent).
Recently Probing Axios / Ipsos They also showed similar results, with 57% saying they would receive the vaccine or have already received it, compared with only 13% of adults who in September said they would be willing to receive the vaccine once it was available for use. They.
Despite the increased willingness to be vaccinated among Americans in general, minority groups and people with lower incomes have continued to say they are less willing to receive one of the FDA-approved vaccines.
Black and Hispanic adults continue to be more likely than white adults to say they will “wait and see” before deciding whether to receive the coronavirus vaccine, Kaiser said, although Pew found Friday that the majority of black Americans – 61 percent – they say now they intend to be vaccinated or have already done so, up from 42% who said the same thing in November.
Pew found that 14 percent of lower-income adults say they got at least one dose of the vaccine, compared with 20 percent of middle-income adults and 27 percent of those in higher-income categories.
These findings come as public health experts say that somewhere between 70 percent and 90 percent of the U.S. population should be vaccinated to get herd immunity, in which enough people will be resistant to the virus that causes COVID-19. that he will be completely eliminated.
In accordance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)About 57.4 million Americans have received at least one dose of coronavirus vaccine since Saturday, with 29.8 million already with two doses.