According to a new survey, 35 percent of Americans will choose not to be vaccinated against the new coronavirus if the option becomes available – and that number appears to be the same across all major demographics.
Only 60 percent of U.S. citizens want the vaccine, a Friday NPR / PBS NewsHour / Marist poll found, with 5 percent still unsure.
The figures do not seem to shift drastically as the statistics break down due to political onslaught. 44 percent of Republicans and 35 percent of independents said they would cut the vaccine, along with a quarter of Democratic voters.
The group that seems to be vaccinated the most are college graduates, with only 24 percent of them against the idea. For non-university graduates, the number nearly doubles – 41 percent of them will reject the proposed cure.
Gallup published the results of a similar poll on August 7. Notably, the overall numbers were almost exactly the same: 35 percent of Americans would reject a Covid-19 vaccine, while 65 percent would accept it.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has previously raised concerns about a “Anti-wax movement,” against whom the land will have to “Struggle”. Fauci himself, however, is no stranger to similar skepticism.
On Tuesday, the international race for a Covid-19 cure seems to be getting tougher, with Russia granting the world’s first regulatory approval to the Sputnik V vaccine. As for that, Fauci said, however “Seriously doubt” the Russians have “Indeed, definitive proof that the vaccine is safe and effective.”
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