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Three in four Britons would take the Covid vaccine, including nearly nine in ten elderly people, according to a Daily Mail poll.
Only 7 percent said they would not have it under any circumstances. The poll also showed that Pfizer’s big coup was the best news of the year for many, and just as significant as the fall of the Iron Curtain.
However, there was a note of caution, with seven out of ten feeling that the lockdown restrictions should remain in place for now.
Four out of ten said the prime minister and his political colleagues should get vaccinated first to show it was safe.
The survey came as Matt Hancock revealed details of the ‘gigantic logistics operation’ required to inoculate large swaths of the population in a few weeks.
The health secretary said the deployment “would inject hope into millions of arms this winter.”
The program will include GPs who will offer jabs from 8 a.m. M. At 8 p. M. Seven days a week and:
- More than 1,200 surgeries administering the vaccine within nursing homes and elsewhere;
- Potentially mass vaccination centers are being established in sports halls, soccer fields, shopping centers and libraries;
- Self-service centers and pop-up facilities to deliver the jab;
- Mobile teams to visit the weak and elderly at home;
- The Army was brought in to help with logistics;
- Invitations are sent by letter and text message as each wave becomes eligible for vaccination.
In a survey conducted by the Daily Mail, nearly nine out of ten older people said they would take the Covid vaccine, while only 7 percent of those surveyed said they would not receive it under any circumstances.
Britain ordered 40 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine, bringing hope to the world when it was announced Monday that it was 90 percent effective in preventing the virus.
Results from the other best vaccine hope, the Oxford / AstraZeneca prick, are expected in a few days.
Sir John Bell, a royal professor of medicine at the University of Oxford, said yesterday that he was optimistic that he could regain life somewhere near normal by spring if the implementation was successful.
A further 532 coronavirus deaths were reported yesterday in the UK, the highest figure in a single day since May 12. Another 20,412 laboratory-confirmed cases were also recorded.
According to today’s Mail survey, the elderly, who are at higher risk of the pandemic, are most excited about vaccination. A total of 86 percent of those over 65 would have it and only 2 percent of them would reject it outright.
Hopes to end the months of disruption imposed by Covid arose yesterday when New York-based medical firm Pfizer (pictured) announced that its vaccine revealed that its injection is 90 percent effective.
The elderly are so eager to protect themselves against the virus that 56 percent would get the needle as soon as possible.
A total of 62 percent of all ages say they will encourage elderly grandparents and relatives to take the jab; 16 percent say they would not encourage them in this way.
Among people ages 35 to 44, who have a much lower risk of contracting Covid, a total of 63 percent say they would agree to get vaccinated.
Women, who routinely pay more attention to personal health than men, are more suspicious of the safety of the potentially revolutionary injection produced by Pfizer and BioNtech.
They say it has not been properly tested by a 42 to 33 percent margin. In contrast, men say it has been properly tested by a 39 to 38 percent margin.
The preliminary findings were better than the researchers anticipated and, if confirmed to be true, would make the vaccine much more effective than injections for flu, tuberculosis and HPV.
Sir John Bell, a royal professor of medicine at the University of Oxford, said yesterday that he was optimistic that he could regain life somewhere near normal by spring if the implementation was successful.
Reflecting the new mood of hope, 35 percent of those surveyed say they are planning a normal Christmas.
James Johnson of JL Partners, who yesterday interviewed 1,016 adults online for the survey, said: “People are optimistic, positive, relieved and pleased with the news of the vaccine. More than half say it’s the best they’ve heard this year. The elderly are especially happy and eager to get vaccinated.
But alongside this outburst of happiness, there is also caution. “Cautious” is one of the main emotions that people felt; almost half of the public are not sure the vaccine is safe, and people are concerned that it has not yet been thoroughly tested.
“ They are hopeful, but they are also sensible: they think this is good news, but they want to proceed carefully to make sure everything works out from here. People have been disappointed before by claims that the virus has disappeared.
Average Covid-19 hospitalizations per day peaked in the North West on October 26 and in London on October 29.
Add to this the one in five who say they would not receive a vaccine if it were available to them, and it is clear that the government still has work to do. The scientific race for a vaccine may be coming to an end, but the public relations campaign to establish faith in it and ultimately get people to take it is just beginning. ‘
Overall, 74 percent would take the vaccine compared to just 11 percent who said they probably wouldn’t and 7 percent definitely wouldn’t. There was little support for the ‘anti vaxx’ brigade accused of making outlandish and false claims about the dangers of the Covid vaccine and other blows.
70 percent say they feel the activists are irresponsible.
But the survey echoes Johnson and Hancock’s note of caution in their response to the vaccine.
Three in four say that despite the breakthrough, they believe the government’s approach should be one of “precaution, things could go wrong.”
