Poll: only 42% Americans would get the vaccine

A Yahoo/YouGov poll was conducted in America between July 28-30, 2020 which showed that only 42% of adult Americans planned to get vaccinated for COVID-19, a number that is decreasing. [1, 2]

The article suggest that Democrats don’t trust the safety of a “Warp Speed” vaccine and “Trump supporters” are skeptical of “medical authority and expertise”.

Harvard Global Health Institute director Ashish Jha said “It’s not a vaccine that will save us, It’s vaccination.”! The product allegedly won’t work unless 60 – 80% of your neighbours take it.

“For a COVID-19 vaccine to actually stop the pandemic, scientists estimate that at least 60 percent of the population — and probably more like 75 or 80 percent — would need to be vaccinated, a number that depends on many factors, including the efficacy of the vaccine itself and how widely the virus has already spread.”