Only 50% Of Americans Are Willing To Get A Covid-19 Vaccine, Poll Shows

Forbes October 12, 2020
Robert Hart

Topline

In yet another sign of the politicization of the coronavirus pandemic, just 50% of Americans are now willing to get an FDA-approved coronavirus vaccine after weeks of President Trump’s aggressive predictions on when one will be available, according to the latest Gallup poll, an 11-point fall from the previous month, with more Republicans now comfortable getting vaccinated alongside a decreasing share of Democrats and independents.

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President Trump’s coronavirus vaccine timeline — repeatedly pushing for just before the November 3 election — is uncomfortably at odds with advice from government health experts and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) procedures. The president’s insistence has, at times, seen the White House pitted against the FDA whose regulations are,...

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