An increasing number of Americans want to get the coronavirus vaccine, and most also support workplace, lifestyle and travel restrictions for those not vaccinated against COVID-19, according to one Reuters / Ipsos survey released today.
The national survey of 1,005 respondents, conducted on Monday and Tuesday, suggests that the pace of vaccinations may increase as more vaccines become available and more people want them.
In all, 54% of respondents said they were “very interested” in getting vaccinated. That was above a January survey, when 41% expressed the same level of interest, and 38% in a May 2020 survey, before a coronavirus vaccine was developed.
Interest in the vaccine has increased in the last year among whites and racial minorities, with about 60% of white respondents and 50% of minority respondents now expressing a high level of interest.
Twenty-seven percent of Americans say they are not interested in being vaccinated, which has not changed from a similar survey conducted in May.
But, foreshadowing the social challenges that can arise as the United States begins to emerge from the year-old pandemic, the latest research shows that most Americans want to limit the ways in which unvaccinated people can mix in public.
Seventy-two percent of Americans say it is important to know “if people around me were vaccinated,” according to the survey.
Sixty-two percent say that unvaccinated people should not be allowed to fly on airplanes. Fifty-five percent say that unvaccinated people should not exercise at public gyms, go to cinemas or attend public shows. Read the full story of Reuters.