KFF survey: Majority of unvaccinated adults suppose shot is riskier than contracting COVID-19

Most unvaccinated U.S. adults don’t see COVID-19 vaccines as efficient and consider getting the shot is an even bigger danger than the virus itself, a brand new survey discovered.

Nevertheless, the survey, launched Wednesday by the Kaiser Household Basis, discovered {that a} quarter of unvaccinated adults say it’s doubtless they’ll get the shot by the tip of the yr because the extremely transmissible delta variant of the virus has induced surges in hospitalizations throughout the nation.

“Seeing their buddies get sick and native hospitals replenish once more with COVID sufferers might velocity them alongside and add to their ranks,” mentioned KFF President and CEO Drew Altman in a launch.

The month-to-month vaccine monitor survey discovered that two-thirds of adults reported being vaccinated in July, which didn’t change a lot in comparison with June.

Kaiser surveyed 1,517 adults final month and located that 482 haven’t gotten the vaccine.

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Of the unvaccinated adults, 53% mentioned that getting the shot was an even bigger danger to their well being in comparison with 34% who mentioned getting the virus was an even bigger danger.

Among the many vaccinated surveyed, 88% mentioned that turning into contaminated was an even bigger danger.

A smaller share of those that need to wait and see concerning the vaccine (34%) say getting the shot is an even bigger danger whereas 50% mentioned contracting the virus is.

The survey was fielded from July 15-27 because the delta variant began to surge instances throughout the nation.

Solely 23% of unvaccinated adults consider that vaccines are extraordinarily or very efficient at stopping dying and 21% consider they will forestall critical sickness or hospitalization.

“Most (57%) unvaccinated adults additionally say that the information typically has ‘typically exaggerated’ the seriousness of the pandemic, whereas three-fourths of vaccinated adults say the information has been ‘typically right (53%) or has ‘underestimated’ its seriousness (24%),” a launch on the survey mentioned.

The survey additionally gauges whether or not individuals would get vaccinated if required beneath a mandate.

An increasing number of well being methods are putting in vaccine mandates, and a few bigger corporations are additionally imposing mandates.

Solely 3% of the unvaccinated surveyed mentioned that they’d solely get the shot in the event that they had been required to take action for work or college or different actions. One other 14% mentioned they’ll “undoubtedly not” get the vaccine.

“The scale of the ‘undoubtedly not’ group has not modified considerably since KFF began monitoring individuals’s intentions in December,” Kaiser mentioned in a launch.

The survey comes because the Biden administration is ramping up its efforts to get reluctant Individuals vaccinated, together with giving funding to rural and underserved areas to assist increase outreach and schooling.