Americans are suffering from a lack of knowledge on the COVID-19 vaccine. Results from a new poll reveal how little people know about the efficacy of the shots. Here’s all you need to know.
Poll shows American public lacks knowledge about the covid vaccines
An Axios/Ipsos poll reveals the American population’s lack of knowledge on how efficient the COVID-19 vaccines are. The people are not sure if unvaccinated and vaccinated people are more likely to test positive for the infection.
Luckily, about 40 percent of the poll takers understood that unvaccinated people are ten times more likely to die from COVID-19 than vaccinated people.
The poll also revealed that employed Americans are supporting the vaccine mandates at their workplace. Over 60 percent of the employees support the vaccination requirements. As this is consistent since August, the support for firing those who don’t agree to them is about 14 percent. Nearly one in three American workers is employed at a place that requires them to be vaccinated.
Biden Administration loses people’s confidence
Some of the lack of knowledge is due to how little people know about COVID-19 vaccines. However, this is also a key to Biden’s plan for bringing the US out of the pandemic. After all, the poll also shows that the people’s confidence in the Biden administration to lead a fast economic recovery is going down. Only 44 percent of the people are confident unlike the 58 percent confidence in late January 2021.
Now that the FDA has approved the Pfizer shot for children between 5 to 11, the White House COVID-19 response team revealed that doses were sent across the nation. As early as next week, over 28 million children can be eligible for vaccination. “We will be ready immediately following FDA and CDC’s decisions so that parents can get their kids vaccinated quickly, easily, and conveniently,” said Jeff Zients, the coordinator.
