COVID-19 vaccine: ABC News/Ipsos poll shows support for getting inoculated, but divide on timing

Monday, December 14, 2020
CHICAGO -- A new ABC News/IPSOS poll shows many Americans are willing to get the COVID-19 vaccine, but there is a divide over when to be inoculated.

More than 8 in 10 Americans would choose to be inoculated, according to the poll released Monday morning. But it's more complicated when you look at when people want to be vaccinated.
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Forty percent of those polled said they would get is as soon as possible, while another 44% want to wait a bit before getting vaccinated.

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Things get more complicated when you break down responses by demographic like age, education and politics.
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Among people over the age of 65, only 7% said they won't get vaccinated. For people between 18-29, that number is 20%.

The poll shows 93% of elderly Americans are willing to get the vaccine, with 57% willing to get it right away and 36% waiting further down the line.



For people under 30, 80% are willing to get inoculated, but 50% said they will wait rather than get it right away.

The poll shows those with a high school degree or less are twice as likely to say they would never get a COVID vaccine at 20%. That number for those with at least a bachelor's degree is 9%.

Twenty six percent of Republicans polled said they would never get the coronavirus vaccine, compared to 6% of Democrats and 14% of independents.

The poll also shows that people more directly impacted by the virus are more likely to want the vaccine quickly and of those Americans polled, 69% said they or someone they know has been infected by COVID-19.
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