China News Service, May 28. According to the Associated Press report on the 27th, a joint poll conducted by the Associated Press and the University of Chicago's National Center for Public Opinion Research (NORC) showed that nearly half of the U.S. people plan to be vaccinated after the new coronavirus vaccine is launched. , 20% of people refused to be vaccinated.
On May 7, local time, in Times Square, New York, an electronic billboard called "Trump's Death Clock" shows the total number of deaths due to infection with the new crown virus.
According to reports, when the respondents were asked if they were willing to be vaccinated with the new coronavirus, 49% of the respondents gave a positive answer, while 20% expressed rejection and 31% expressed uncertainty.
According to the survey results, 67% of the respondents aged 60 and above are willing to be vaccinated, and 40% of those under 60.
According to the report, when the interviewees were asked why they were unwilling to be vaccinated, the vast majority said that this would protect themselves and their loved ones, and also avoid painful treatments; 70% thought that unless most people were vaccinated, Life cannot return to normal; there are people who plan to get vaccinated because of chronic diseases.
Among the respondents who refused to be vaccinated, 70% were worried that the vaccine might have side effects.
In addition, the survey also showed that 20% of the respondents expected the vaccine to be available before the end of the year, 61% thought it would be 2021, and 17% said it would take longer.
According to reports, the poll was conducted among 1,056 people from May 14 to 18.
According to data from Johns Hopkins University, there are currently 1.69 million diagnoses in the United States and more than 100,000 deaths. US President Trump announced at the White House on May 15 a public-private partnership program aimed at accelerating the development of a new coronavirus vaccine, and "hope to complete it by the end of 2020."