Most Americans Will Likely Get a COVID-19 Vaccine, Survey Finds.
According to a survey released by the Kaiser Family Foundation on Dec.
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71% of Americans say they will "definitely or probably" get a COVID-19 vaccine.
In September, only 63% responded similarly.
The most recent survey included 15% of Americans who said they would "definitely not" get vaccinated.
9%, mostly essential workers, said they would only get a vaccine if required to by work, school or other situations.
The survey also found that the groups that are most hesitant to get the COVID-19 vaccine include 30 to 39-year-olds, Republicans, rural Americans and Black Americans.
What's interesting is if you dig into the reasons for hesitancy among different groups you see that they really differ depending on who you're talking to, Liz Hamil, director of Kaiser's public opinion survey research program, to CNN.
Based on our data, what happens in this initial rollout is going to be critically important in both how smoothly it rolls out but also how those reports get filtered out to the media, .., Liz Hamil, director of Kaiser's public opinion survey research program, to CNN.
... and what people's different media sources are telling them about how that initial rollout goes, Liz Hamil, director of Kaiser's public opinion survey research program, to CNN
