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The sharpest divisions between pro- and anti-vaxxers in America, to few people's surprise, are political, the Economist/YouGov poll found.
Nearly 30% of Republican poll respondents – and only 4% of Democrats -- said they aren’t getting vaccinated.
More whites than Black and Hispanic respondents in the Economist/You Gov poll said they reject the vaccine, while more Midwesterners and Southerners came out against vaccination than elsewhere in the country.
In a deeper dig, 90% of those who reject vaccination said they feared possible side effects more than the virus itself. Of that group, 16% said they believe most of the new COVID cases involve the unvaccinated.
At the same time, more than 75% of those vaccinated say they believe that new infections are affecting mostly those who aren’t vaccinated, the poll found.
Here’s another sharp division: A whopping 83% of vaccine rejecters say the dangers of the virus were exaggerated for political reasons, compared with more than 25% of those who were fully vaccinated.
Overall, less than 10% of vaccine rejecters who responded to the poll said they trust Dr. Anthony Fauci. That amount was barely doubled for those who said they trust the Centers for Disease Control.
Pro-vaxxers look sideways at the rejecters. Two-thirds say they don’t believe they anti-vaxxers have good reasons.
Vaccinated Republicans are more likely than vaccinated Democrats to think the rejecters have good reasons for their decisions. More Republicans say they don’t.
HERE’S THE POLL: Why Won’t Americans Get Vaccinated? (The Economist/YouGov)
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