Confidence in coronavirus vaccines has increased and majority now say they want it

A recent poll among Americans indicates an increased willingness to obtain the coronavirus vaccine amid growing confidence in the inoculations and distribution of a third vaccine approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

This week, President Biden unveiled a partnership between Merck and Johnson & Johnson to produce the latter’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, adding that the United States will have enough vaccine doses thanks to this and the two injections of Pfizer and Moderna to immunize every American adult d ‘by the end of May.

In studies conducted in recent weeks, Americans have shown an increased willingness to be vaccinated despite initial hesitation at the start of vaccine deployment.

In a survey by the Pew Research Center released on Friday, 69% of U.S. adults surveyed between Feb. 16 and Feb. 21 said they had already received the vaccine or intended to be vaccinated, an increase from 60% who said they were planning to get the vaccine in November.

Pew reported that about 19 percent of survey respondents have already received the vaccine, while an additional 50 percent said they “definitely or probably” plan to get the vaccine.

In one Kaiser Family Foundation survey published late last month, 55 percent of U.S. adults said they had received at least one dose of the vaccine (18 percent) or wanted to receive the inoculation as soon as possible (37 percent).

Recent Axios / Ipsos query also showed similar results, with 57% saying they would receive the vaccine or had already received it, compared to just 13% of adults who in September said they would be ready to receive the vaccine once it became available .

Despite the increased willingness to get vaccinated among Americans in general, minority groups and low-income people have continued to say that they are less willing to receive any of the vaccines approved by the FDA.

Black and Hispanic adults continue to be more likely than white adults to say they will “wait and see” before deciding to get the coronavirus vaccine, Kaiser found, although Pew found on Friday that a majority of black Americans – 61% – now say they plan to get the vaccine or have already done so, compared to 42% who said the same thing in November.

Pew found that 14% of low-income adults report having received at least one dose of a vaccine, compared to 20% of middle-income adults and 27% of those in higher income brackets.

The findings come as public health experts have said that between 70 and 90 percent of the U.S. population will need to be vaccinated to achieve herd immunity, in which enough people will be resistant to the virus that causes COVID-19. be almost eliminated.

According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 57.4 million Americans received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine on Saturday, with 29.8 million already with two doses.