Americans Are Less Eager To Get Coronavirus Vaccine
Americans are closely divided over whether an anti-coronavirus vaccine is coming by the end of the year, but a sizable number are willing to be guinea pigs to get the job done. Most still say they’re likely to get the vaccine when it’s here but not as many as three months ago.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 49% of American Adults think it’s likely a coronavirus vaccine will be available by the end of the year, but nearly as many (46%) consider that unlikely. This includes 15% who say an end-of-the-year vaccine is Very Likely and 19% who say it’s Not At All Likely. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
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The survey of 1,000 American Adults was conducted July 29-30, 2020 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
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