Are you still undecided whether you should be vaccinated against corona? In a study, US citizens were asked about their motivation for the spades. They were convinced by these reasons.
In the United States, the number of corona vaccinations rose sharply in August. According to the CDC, just over 77 percent of all adults are currently vaccinated against the virus at least once. There are various reasons for this, as one (KFF) recently showed. The main drivers are therefore the fear of the delta variant, reports from overburdened hospitals or personal fates. At the same time, however, the study also reveals a certain skepticism towards the vaccination. Three quarters of all respondents believe that the booster is necessary because the vaccines are not working.
The survey is part of the KFF-COVID-19 vaccine monitor, a research project that examines the attitudes and experiences of US citizens with corona vaccinations. For the representative study, 1,519 US citizens were surveyed from September 13 to 22 – a phase in which the number of corona deaths rose and in which the government had not yet approved the booster vaccination for high-risk patients.
Vaccination status depends on political attitudes
Of the adults who have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus since the beginning of July, just under 1.4 percent said they had been vaccinated for fear of the Delta variant. 38 percent cited overcrowded hospitals as a motivation. 36 percent knew someone who suffered a serious illness or died from the virus. “Nothing motivates people to get vaccinated as much as when a family member, friend or neighbor dies or becomes seriously ill with Covid-19. Or the concern that their lives in the hospital can no longer be saved,” says the KFF chairman Drew Altman in a press release.
More than a third of all respondents also cited leisure activities and travel as reasons for the vaccination. Only 19 percent saw new regulations in the workplace prompting them to get vaccinated. 15 percent of those questioned had themselves immunized after the FDA recommended the active ingredient from Biontech / Pfizer for adolescents aged 16 and over in August.
Whether people let themselves be poked also depends largely on their political orientation, as the study shows. 90 percent of Democrats said they received at least one dose. With the Republicans it was 58 percent. The researchers recorded an increase in vaccinations, particularly among people with Hispanic roots between the ages of 18 and 29. In addition, the level of education, age and health insurance status are factors that influence attitudes towards vaccination and vaccination status.
