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Original Caption: Safety Survey Concerns Say Only Half Of Americans Are Willing To Receive The New Crown Vaccine
Chinanews.com, Dec 10 According to a report from the American Chinese website, approval and distribution of the new corona vaccine are on the agenda. However, a recent survey found that only about half of Americans expressed a willingness to get vaccinated. Many people, concerned about the safety of the vaccine, said they would wait until more people received the injection to confirm that it is safe to vaccinate.
Data map: On December 7 local time, affected by the epidemic, a restaurant at Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco, California, USA stopped offering alfresco dining services Photo by News Agency reporter from China Liu GuanguanCurrently, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reviewing test data for the two vaccines developed by Moderna, Pfizer and BioNTech. It will be approved for emergency use in a few days.
However, a poll by the Associated Press-NORC Public Affairs Research Center shows that in the United States, about a quarter of respondents are unsure whether they want to receive the new corona vaccine, and a quarter part has made it clear that they will not receive it. .
Many Americans are concerned about the safety of the vaccine and say they will wait until more people receive the injection and confirm that it is safe to vaccinate. This idea can hamper epidemic prevention and control work. Experts estimate that to contain the epidemic in the United States, about 70% of people need to be vaccinated to develop immunity to the virus.
In a survey of 1,117 American adults from Dec. 3-7, about 30% said they were “very or very confident” in the safety and efficacy of the first vaccine; about the same number of people say they are not confident.
Among those who said they would not get the vaccine, about 70% were concerned about side effects. Pfizer and Modena said that so far no serious problems have been found in the trials. Like other vaccines, vaccinators may experience a fever, fatigue, or arm pain from the injection, which, according to tests, is a sign that the body’s immune system is revving up.
The survey also found that 43% of people in the United States who do not want to be vaccinated are concerned that the vaccine itself will infect them.
Those who are willing to get vaccinated say that protecting the health of their families, their communities and themselves is the main reason for choosing vaccines. About three-quarters of them believe that life will not return to normal until enough people across the country are vaccinated.
The poll shows that political differences in the United States are one of the challenges of promoting vaccines. 60% of Democrats said they would get vaccinated; only 40% of Republicans said they would get vaccinated and about a third of Republicans said they would not get vaccinated. .
If the vaccine is approved, health insurance workers and nursing home residents will have priority to obtain vaccination qualifications, followed by other front-line workers, people over 65 and people with health problems, but it They may not get vaccinated until spring 2021.
Polls found that most Americans agree with this order of priority. 59% believe that teachers should also be eligible for priority vaccination. Furthermore, most people also agree that priority should be given to the most affected ethnic minority communities and people living in crowded environments such as homeless shelters and college dormitories.
