WASHINGTON (AP) – Former President Donald Trump again urged people to be vaccinated against the new coronavirus, saying he would recommend vaccination “to many people who don’t want to get it, and many of these people voted for me. “
In an interview Tuesday night on Fox News, Trump acknowledged that people were free to decide for themselves whether they would be vaccinated against COVID-19.
“We have our freedoms and we have to live for it and I agree with that too. But it is a great vaccine. It is a safe vaccine and it works, ”he said.
Republican opposition to receiving the vaccine is strong. A new survey by the Associated Press-NORC Public Affairs Research Center found that 42% of Republicans say they probably or definitely will not have the chance, compared with 17% of Democrats – a 25-point split.
Trump has promoted vaccination before. When he appeared on February 28 at the Annual Conservative Political Action Conference, he said, “Everyone, go get your chance.”