The Willingness of the Public in the United States to get the Covid-19 Vaccine

The United States has started distributing the vaccine for Covid-19. The public isn’t as willing to take the vaccine as one might think.

After the vaccine was finalized, only 63% of the public claimed they would take the vaccination according to the Center for Disease Control. The vaccine is claims to have 90% success rate.

When asked, 3 in 5 people were willing to submit to get the vaccine. In late September of 2020, this number dropped because one of companies doing trials stopped due to that people were having reactions that weren’t supposed to happen.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 2.1 million does of the vaccine were given in the space of 2 weeks. This is not enough vaccines  considering America needs to have 80 to 85 percent of Americans to have received the vaccine to reach herd immunity.

Donald Trump also had an effect on the numbers getting the vaccine owing to the fact that he said the vaccine would be ready for everyone before Election Day. Kamala Harris also claimed she would not take the vaccine due to Trumps claim.

Towards the end of October,  the number of people willing to take the vaccine went back up to 58%. The inclination of the public to take the vaccine also has to do with their political stance. Democrats went from 53% to 75% and Republicans went from 38% to 50%.

Women were also more likely to get the vaccine until September and then in July their numbers dropped and men were more likely to get the vaccination. Non White adults were the most willing during July and now they are behind White adults. College graduates are more likely to get vaccinated than college students without degrees.

One AISG student said about the vaccine, “I would take the vaccination. I wouldn’t be the first to take it in case of problems. People could develop something from the vaccine, because everyone is different so they will all react differently.” So, students have the view of some of the American population.