Thus, the big question now is whether we can get more people vaccinated than just those who really want one.
The polling suggests that about 15% of people haven't closed the door on getting a vaccine, but aren't eager to get one.
If you look at the Ipsos poll again, this includes 4% who say they'll get a vaccine a few weeks after it is made available to them, 7% who say they'll wait a few months and another 7% who say they'll get the vaccine a year or more after it's available to them. The NBC News poll was similar, with 15% saying they'll wait until the vaccine has been available for a while to see if there are any major side effects. In the Monmouth poll, 12% of the population indicated that they wanted to see how the vaccine treatment went for other people before getting one.
This vaccine hesitant group has been declining as a percentage of the population over time. While they made up 18% of adults in this past Ipsos survey, they were 24% in the beginning of March, 30% in the beginning of February and 38% in the beginning of January.
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