According to a Reuters / Ipsos poll released this week, a majority of Americans support the freedom of people who have not taken a coronavirus vaccine.
According to the survey, taken on March 8 to 9, 2021, among 1,005 respondents, 72 percent consider it a bit important to know if the people around them have been vaccinated for COVID-19.
The survey listed a range of scenarios for everyday activities – including traveling by plane, enrolling in school, exercising at the gym – and asking respondents to indicate whether they agree that individuals should be vaccinated before participate in such activities.
Sixty-three percent of all respondents, for example, indicated that they “somewhat” or “strongly” agree to require people to get the vaccine before traveling by plane, compared to 32 percent who generally disagree .
Similarly, a majority of respondents, or 59 percent, said that people should be expected to get a vaccine before enrolling in school. Democrats are much more likely to agree with the sentiment than Republicans, 76 percent versus the GOP 44 percent.
Fifty-four percent also indicated that they agree to require someone to get a vaccine before exercising at a gym. That includes 30 percent who agree “strongly”. A variety of Republicans (49) disagree, compared with 44 percent who agree and seven percent who say they remain insecure.
In addition, 56 percent expressed their opinion that people should be vaccinated to work in an office, as well as attend a concert or go to a theater.
The margin of error for all respondents is +/- 4 percent.
President Joe Biden announced during Thursday’s first speech, marking the one-year anniversary of the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, that all U.S. adults would be eligible by May 1st.
“It’s much earlier than expected,” he said, noting that the shots would not come immediately.
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‘This means that you will be in line from 1 May. Every adult is eligible to get a chance. And to do that, we are going to maintain a million shots a day that I promised in December before I was sworn in, beat our current rate of 2 million shots a day, and surpass the rest of the world, ‘he said. added.