21 percent of voters say they would get a no-cost vaccine as soon as possible: poll

[brooklynite]

Source: The Hill

Just over two in ten Americans say they would attempt to get a free coronavirus vaccine immediately were it released this year, according to a poll released Sunday.

In a CBS News/YouGov survey, 21 percent of Americans indicated that they would go out and be vaccinated as soon as possible should a no-cost COVID-19 vaccine be released, while more than half (58 percent) said that they would wait to see how others were affected by the injection before getting one themselves.

The same percentage as would get it immediately, 21 percent, also said that they would "never" get a COVID-19 vaccine. That number could prove challenging to health experts who have sought to slow the virus's spread and have warned that many public activities and large-scale gatherings will not be possible until much of the population is vaccinated.

The majority of respondents expressed skepticism on the time frame of a vaccine being produced as being their reasoning for not getting the vaccine immediately. Sixty-five percent of respondents said that they would consider a vaccine before the end of 2020 to be the result of insufficient testing or the vaccine otherwise being "rushed" through production. Just 35 percent said that a vaccine before the end of 2020 would represent a scientific breakthrough.



Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/health-insurance/515350-21-percent-of-voters-say-they-would-get-a-no-cost-vaccine

[Squinch]

1. Another trump casualty: trust in any vaccine that will be developed under his tenure.

I wouldn't go near it with a ten foot pole.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Populace unenthusiastic about getting a Fake Vaccine

There is hope. Americans still recognize a political ploy when they stone cold see one.

[Delarage]

3. I'm all about vaccines

I had not gotten a flu shot before I got the flu in 1999-ish---and spent a horrendous week of either barfing or feeling like I was gonna barf . Gotten one ever since.

HOWEVER.....I'm not trusting any COVID vaccine that has Russian ties and/or has been rushed out by Trump for political gain. I'm going to wait until real scientists say that it's safe and effective. The Putin one might make us all be brain dead and end up voting for 45.

[samnsara]

5. amen! Im also getting my first flu shot this year....

...if i get sick i want the docs to rule out flu asap.

[get the red out]

7. Same here

All Trump has done is lie throughout the pandemic, how could we trust a vaccine he rushed through to try to get votes?

[RhodeIslandOne]

20. Absolutely

Watch the spin from the right if Agent Orange's bullshit vaccine gets rushed to the public when we say "TRIALS FIRST". Then they'll do their "OH NOW YOU ARE ANTI-VAX" neener neener bullshit as they continue to blow Dolt 45.

[Igel]

23. Keep in mind that any company that pushes

a vaccine that's ineffective or, even worse, dangerous will have their reputation trashed for a long, long time.

I also haven't seen anything granting them immunity to tort actions, either.

[catbyte]

4. Yeah, no thanks. I remember what happened the last time they tried to rush a vaccine into production

and I have absolutely no faith in anything even remotely associated with this "administration," not even the CDC anymore. Thanks for nothing, trump.


https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-apr-27-sci-swine-history27-story.html

[Wbrady10]

6. I think The Hill should've put "Just 21 percent" or "Only 21 percent" in...

that headline to really drive home how few people are willing to get a vaccine if one becomes available soon. Any early arrival of a vaccine should be met with legitimate skepticism.

[greenjar_01]

10. It's literally down from 32% in July according to the previous poll by CBS/YouGov

[moreland01]

8. Next year

When President Biden and VP Harris get there vaccinations live on tv I'll go get mine.

[groundloop]

9. Oh the irony....tRump courting the anti-vaxxer crowd yet attempting to save his ass with a vaccine..

I just gotta' giggle a bit when I think about tRump courting all the conspiracy theorists including anti-vaxxers, and now he's trying to save his sorry ass with a vaccine that may not be well tested and possibly unsafe if rushed into production as quickly as he wants.

As for me, I'll happily be vaccinated as soon as medical scientists tell me that a vaccine is safe, but not before.

[onetexan]

19. If Con & Pence won't take the vaccines themselves i'm sure, so what's to convince the public they're

safe?

[iluvtennis]

11. Unless I hear it from Dr Fauci or other scientists/doctors [not part of trump admin], I won't be

willing to take the vaccine. I trust NOTHING out of the trump admin.

Let the trials continue and take all the time needed to determine that vaccine is safe and has the required efficacy.

trump is a dumbass who thinks you can speed up everything - e.g., have 9 women deliver a baby in 1 month vs the normal 9 months it takes. scientific processes take the time they need - it is what it is.

[NCjack]

12. FAKE VACCINE. Never take medical advice from a politician. For their

personal gain, they will screw us all every time.

Let's wait for the results on Liar-#45's MAGA base and sycophants. Public health scientists will tell us the one that has the proper certifications.

[marie999]

13. 21% said they would get the vaccine and 21% said they wouldn't.

Guess which group is voting for trump.

[Igel]

24. That would be the 21%, right?

Trick question.

[marie999]

26. Correct

[Newest Reality]

14. Who...

Who wants to be another mark for a confidence man? He has enough of them already.

[nevergiveup]

15. Those results pretty much sabotages Trump's October surprise.

Trump can announce a vaccine in October and no one will be buying it.

[beachbumbob]

16. be surprised that 21% will in fact take it

[kimbutgar]

17. Like When Ford rushed out the swine flu Shot and people got Guilin Barre

My father in law took that shot and ended up suffering from that awful disease the rest of his life.

No thank you to MF45 vaccine. Let his supporters take it and suffer the consequences.

[Nitram]

18. I will carefully weigh the opinion of the scientific community on whether the vaccine was

adequately tested, what side-effects have been reported, and how effective it is before I try it.

[sarcasmo]

21. Trump rushing a vaccine is scary.

https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/the-public-health-legacy-of-the-1976-swine-flu-outbreak

[BlueWavePsych]

22. 21% would get rushed vaccine while 58% would watch the 21% get sick

[TomSlick]

25. Understand, I am not anti-vac.

I get my flu shot every year. I have had the standard grandparent vaccines.

Nevertheless, I will not get a covid-19 shot that is rushed to market. I will wait until the phase-III testing is completed and scientists not on the government payroll review the data and opine the vaccine is safe and effective.