{"id":9894,"date":"2020-05-21T10:00:34","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T15:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/most-americans-expect-a-covid-19-vaccine-within-a-year-72-say-they-would-get-vaccinated\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T01:15:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T06:15:15","slug":"most-americans-expect-a-covid-19-vaccine-within-a-year-72-say-they-would-get-vaccinated","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2020\/05\/21\/most-americans-expect-a-covid-19-vaccine-within-a-year-72-say-they-would-get-vaccinated\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Americans expect a COVID-19 vaccine within a year; 72% say they would get vaccinated"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><figure id=\"attachment_363710\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-363710\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-363710\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/FT_20.05.18_COVIDVaccine_feature.jpg\" alt=\"A medical scientist runs a clinical test at the UW Medicine immunology lab in Seattle to look for antibodies against a virus strain that causes COVID-19. (Karen Ducey\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-363710\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A medical scientist runs a clinical test at the UW Medicine immunology lab in Seattle to look for antibodies against a virus strain that causes COVID-19. (Karen Ducey\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2020\/05\/21\/most-americans-expect-a-covid-19-vaccine-within-a-year-72-say-they-would-get-vaccinated\/ft_20-05-18_covidvaccine\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-363715\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/FT_20.05.18_COVIDVaccine.png\" alt=\"Majorities in U.S. expect COVID-19 treatment and vaccine ahead \u2013 as well as another outbreak\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most Americans are optimistic that medical advances to treat or prevent the coronavirus are on the horizon, and around seven-in-ten say they would get a vaccine for <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/topics\/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19\/\">COVID-19<\/a> if it were available, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/science\/2020\/05\/21\/trust-in-medical-scientists-has-grown-in-u-s-but-mainly-among-democrats\">a Pew Research Center survey<\/a> conducted April 29-May 5.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Americans\u2019 expectations for the year ahead include an effective treatment or cure for COVID-19, as well as a vaccine to prevent the disease: 83% and 73% of U.S. adults, respectively, say these developments will definitely or probably occur. At the same time, 83% of adults expect another coronavirus outbreak within the year, and 69% expect the focus on the coronavirus to delay progress on other disease treatments.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><!--more--><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"border-width:1px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);--block-gap: inherit\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible has-background has-ui-beige-very-light-background-color has-border-color has-ui-beige-dark-border-color\" id=\"how-we-did-this\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/collapsible&quot;}\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;collapsibleId&quot;:&quot;how-we-did-this&quot;,&quot;isOpen&quot;:false}\" data-wp-class--is-open=\"context.isOpen\" data-wp-init--scroll-into-view=\"callbacks.onInitScrollIntoView\"><div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__title\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"><div>How we did this<\/div><button class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__icon\"><span data-wp-bind--hidden=\"context.isOpen\"><i class=\"icon icon-library__light icon__circle-plus\"><svg style=\"width: 1em; height: 1em;\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/plugins\/prc-icon-library\/build\/icons\/sprites\/light.svg#circle-plus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i><\/span><span data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!context.isOpen\" hidden><i class=\"icon icon-library__light icon__circle-minus\"><svg style=\"width: 1em; height: 1em;\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/plugins\/prc-icon-library\/build\/icons\/sprites\/light.svg#circle-minus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__content\"><h1 id=\"how-we-did-this\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">How we did this<\/h1><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This analysis about Americans\u2019 attitudes toward a potential coronavirus vaccine, clinical trials and experimental treatments is based on a survey of 10,957 U.S. adults conducted from April 29 to May 5, 2020. Everyone who took part is a member of Pew Research Center\u2019s American Trends Panel (ATP), an online survey panel that is recruited through national, random sampling of residential addresses. This way nearly all U.S. adults have a chance of selection. The survey is weighted to be representative of the U.S. adult population by gender, race, ethnicity, partisan affiliation, education and other categories. Read more about the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/methods\/u-s-survey-research\/american-trends-panel\/\">ATP\u2019s methodology<\/a>.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/05\/PS_2020.05.21_trust-in-scientists_TOPLINE.pdf\">the questions used<\/a>\u00a0for this report, along with responses, and\u00a0its <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/science\/2020\/05\/21\/trust-in-medical-scientists-methodology\">methodology<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2020\/05\/21\/most-americans-expect-a-covid-19-vaccine-within-a-year-72-say-they-would-get-vaccinated\/ft_2020-05-21_covidvaccine_01\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-363709\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ft_2020.05.21_covidvaccine_01.png\" alt=\"72% of U.S. adults say they would get a COVID-19 vaccine if available today\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Around seven-in-ten adults (72%) say they would definitely (42%) or probably (30%) get a coronavirus vaccine if one were available, while about a quarter (27%) say they would not. The survey comes amid concerns that activists and others who are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/05\/02\/us\/anti-vaxxers-coronavirus-protests.html\">hesitant to get vaccinated for other diseases<\/a> might not get inoculated against the coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Majorities across demographic groups say they would get vaccinated for the coronavirus, but there are some differences by race and ethnicity, partisanship, religion and other factors.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Black Americans are less likely than white and Hispanic Americans to say they would get a vaccine. A little over half of black adults (54%) say they would, while 44% say they would not. By comparison, 74% of both Hispanic and white adults say they would get a vaccine if one were available. (In a <u><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2020\/01\/07\/more-americans-now-see-very-high-preventive-health-benefits-from-measles-vaccine\/\">Pew Research Center survey<\/a><\/u> in 2019, black adults were also less inclined than white adults to see strong preventive benefits of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine.)<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans and white evangelical Protestants are also somewhat less inclined to get a coronavirus vaccine. Among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, 65% say they would definitely or probably do so, while 34% say they would not. Among white evangelical Protestants, 62% say they would get a coronavirus vaccine and 37% say they would not.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2020\/05\/21\/most-americans-expect-a-covid-19-vaccine-within-a-year-72-say-they-would-get-vaccinated\/ft_2020-05-21_covidvaccine_02\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-363708\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ft_2020.05.21_covidvaccine_02.png\" alt=\"About two-thirds of Americans see clinical trials as very important process\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The path to new treatments can be a long and uncertain one. The Food and Drug Administration requires new treatments to go through a process of test runs \u2013 known as clinical trials \u2013 to establish that they are safe and effective in treating people with a specific disease.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the new survey, about two-thirds of U.S. adults (64%) say the process of clinical trials is very important, \u201ceven if it will lengthen the time it takes to develop new treatments.\u201d Around three-in-ten (31%) say the clinical trial process is somewhat important, and just 5% say it is not too or not at all important.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats place more importance on clinical trials than Republicans. Around three-quarters of Democrats and Democratic leaners (74%) call this process very important, compared with 54% of Republicans and GOP leaners.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2020\/05\/21\/most-americans-expect-a-covid-19-vaccine-within-a-year-72-say-they-would-get-vaccinated\/ft_2020-05-21_covidvaccine_03\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-363707\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ft_2020.05.21_covidvaccine_03.png\" alt=\"A majority in U.S. see net benefits of allowing access to experimental drugs\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new survey also asked Americans to consider the overall risks and benefits of access to experimental treatments before the completion of clinical trials. (This process is already happening for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/science\/2020\/04\/what-you-should-know-about-experimental-therapies-for-coronavirus\/\">some patients with the coronavirus<\/a>.) Around six-in-ten Americans (59%) say the benefits of allowing more people to access experimental drugs outweigh the risks, while 40% say the risks outweigh the benefits.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans are more likely to say the benefits outweigh the risks (69% vs. 29%), but Democrats are about evenly divided (50% vs. 48%). Black adults are more likely than white and Hispanic adults to say the risks of experimental treatments outweigh the benefits: A 57% majority of black adults say this.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Note: Here are <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/05\/PS_2020.05.21_trust-in-scientists_TOPLINE.pdf\">the questions used<\/a> for this report, along with responses, and its <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/science\/2020\/05\/21\/trust-in-medical-scientists-methodology\">methodology<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Americans\u2019 expectations for the year ahead include an effective treatment or cure for COVID-19, as well as a vaccine to prevent the 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