Yahoo News/YouGov poll: Number of Americans who plan to get vaccinated falls to 42 percent — a new low
Yahoo NewsANDREW ROMANOAug 4th 2020 12:41PM
So far, most of the conversation about COVID-19 vaccines has focused on the question of whether researchers can develop an effective vaccine in record time.But maybe we should start asking another question as well: Will enough Americans actually get the vaccine for it to be effective?“It’s not a vaccine that will save us,” says Harvard Global Health Institute directorAshish Jha. “It’s vaccination.”For a COVID-19 vaccine to actually stop the pandemic, scientists estimate that at least 60 percent of the population — and probably more like 75 or 80 percent — would need to be vaccinated, a number that depends on many factors, including the efficacy of the vaccine itself and how widely the virus has already spread.