Intent to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine Rises to 60% as Confidence in Research and Development Process Increases
Still about two-in-ten U.S. adults are “pretty certain” they won’t get the vaccine – even when there’s more information.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Still about two-in-ten U.S. adults are “pretty certain” they won’t get the vaccine – even when there’s more information.
The share of Americans who say they know someone else who has been hospitalized or died due to COVID-19 has increased sharply since spring.
Relatively few Americans say they have tested positive for coronavirus antibodies, but many more believe they may have been infected.
70% of Americans say the core strategies for containing COVID-19 are well understood, even though studies have yielded conflicting advice.
Views about the health effects of genetically modified foods grew more negative between 2016 and 2018 and have been steady since then.
Black Americans stand out from other racial and ethnic groups in their attitudes toward key health care questions associated with the pandemic.
In 2019, 74% of Americans said they had a mostly positive view of doctors; 68% had a mostly favorable view of medical research scientists.
Who should be given priority if some hospitals do not have enough ventilators for all patients who need help breathing?
As in 2016, 88% of U.S. adults say its benefits outweigh the risks. And the share who consider its preventive benefits to be “very high” rose by 11 points to 56%.
Here is a roundup of key takeaways from our studies of U.S. public opinion about science issues and their effect on society.
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