The push for everything to depend ON the virus vaccine seems to be dropping…..
On it’s own just using masks and social distancing seem to be making headway against infections and deaths from the virus across the America…
As the race to get a COVID-19 vaccination to market is heating up, public sentiment surrounding the vaccine is conversely cooling down. New data from Morning Consult suggests that only 51 percent of the U.S. population would receive a COVID-19 vaccine if one became available — a sizable decline from the 72 percent of Americans who said they would take a dose of a future vaccine back in April.
The latest statistic was taken from a poll conducted from Sept. 2-6, and saw double-digit declines across most demographics, including women, men, Democrats, Republicans, Independents, urbanites, suburbanites and rural residents.
The public sentiment surrounding a vaccine has steadily declined since March, when Morning Consult researchers began tracking opinions regarding a treatment.
“Over the past month alone — a period in which President Donald Trump has repeatedly promised a vaccine will be delivered by the end of 2020 and possibly before the Nov. 3 election — the share of adults who say they would get vaccinated has fallen 8 points after public opinion on the matter generally remained steady over the summer,” researchers wrote.
A critical component of ensuring high immunity levels involves boosting public confidence in a vaccine, experts say, which largely comes down to consistent public messaging. Anthony Fauci, the top adviser on the White House Coronavirus Task Force, previously said that public awareness campaigns need to be relatable on a community level to inspire trust in a potential drug.
Bruce Gellin, the president of global immunization at the Sabin Vaccine Institute and the former director of the National Vaccine Program Office at the Department of Health and Human Services, told Morning Consult that the polling indications don’t necessarily predict people’s actions.
Gellin did note that the data does suggest “an urgent need” to understand why people are not confident in a COVID-19 vaccine to improve outreach materials….
I certainly will take the vaccine if it is proven to be effective and safe with no or minimal side effects.
Anyone who doesn’t is a damn fool.
Masks and social distancing by themselves are not a panacea to getting the country back to normalcy,unless one considers wearing masks and not getting within six feet of another person the “normal “going forward.
President Trump said Friday that every American would have access to a coronavirus vaccine by April, contradicting his own statement of two days earlier and sowing deeper confusion about the process and timing of vaccine approval and distribution….
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