Poll: Only half of Americans plan to get new coronavirus vaccine

MEDICAL NETWORK MAY 29 (AP) - Nearly half of Americans plan to be vaccinated after the new coronavirus vaccine is released, and 20 percent refuse to do so, according to a poll conducted by the Associated Press and the National Center for Public Opinion Research (NORC) at the University of Chicagoreported that 49 percent of respondents gave a positive answer when asked if they would like to be vaccinated against the new coronavirus, while 20 percent said no and 31 percent said they were unsure67 per cent of respondents aged 60 and over were willing to be vaccinated, compared with 40 per cent of those under 60reported that when respondents were asked why they were reluctant to vaccinate, the vast majority said they could protect themselves and their loved ones and avoid painful treatments; 70 percent said life would not return to normal unless most people were vaccinated; and others planned to get vaccinated because they had a chronic disease70 percent of those who refused to get vaccinated were concerned about the possible side effects of the vaccinealso showed that 20 percent of respondents expected the vaccine to come out by the end of the year, 61 percent said it would be 2021, and 17 percent said it would take longerthe poll was conducted on 14-18 May among 1,056 peopleAccording to Johns Hopkins University, there are now 1.69 million confirmed deaths in the United States, with more than 100,000 deathsU.SPresident Donald Trump unveiled a public-private partnership at the White House on May 15 thing out of a public-private partnership to accelerate the development of a new coronavirus vaccine, "and hopes to be completed by the end of 2020."