The current rollout of the CCHS vaccine in the U.S. is said to have hit a bottleneck, with fewer people wanting the vaccine than expected, and supply in multiple states has begun to outstrip demand for the vaccine than the number of people who want it. By April 16, 49% of people had received their first dose of the vaccine. But according to different polls, only about 60 percent want the vaccine, and that mark is lower than Health Department officials had expected.
This week, U.S. states said their vaccine supplies are starting to run out of demand. According to the KFF poll, 61 percent of respondents said they would like to get vaccinated as soon as possible. And 17 percent, want to wait and see a little longer. And 13 percent said they would never get the vaccine. 7 percent said they might only get the vaccine if they were asked.
But Ministry of Health officials suggest that to achieve herd immunity, 70-90 percent of the population must be vaccinated. Current surveys show that the number of people who want to be vaccinated is still lower than expected.
The U.S. Department of Health announced the suspension of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine on April 13 and talked about the vaccine triggering blood clots, a move that was said to have deepened suspicions about the vaccine and sparked more concern among government health departments. On April 18, Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser for disease control, announced that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine would resume use by Friday, April 23, adding recommendations for use, such as setting age or gender restrictions.
In an interview with several media outlets, Fauci assured that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine “will be back soon,” saying, “I would be very surprised if we don’t have it back in some form by Friday.” The industry sees the move as an attempt to increase overall public confidence in vaccines.
On April 18, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (R) made a public appeal for everyone to get vaccinated, as hundreds of vaccines go unused in the state every day.
Alison Beam, a Pennsylvania health department official, also said no one wants to get vaccinated and that will be a challenge in the future. She said almost half of Pennsylvania’s nursing home staff are reluctant to take the vaccine, which suggests that the problem of people not wanting to take these vaccines is a future challenge.
The KFF poll shows a clear partisan difference in willingness, with 29 percent of Republicans saying they would never vaccinate and only 5 percent of Democrats saying they would not vaccinate, the British newspaper Daily Mail noted. And only 46% (less than half) of Republicans say they want to get the vaccine as soon as possible, while 79% of Democrats say they want to get the vaccine as soon as possible.
Among different racial groups, 24 percent of the black population chose to want to wait and see again, the highest percentage, while 16 percent of the white group said they needed to wait and see, compared to 18 percent of Hispanics.
The report said that despite the fact that both former President Trump and Biden announced the vaccine, most Democrats and Republicans have not changed their views as a result.
A recent poll in Louisiana noted that 40 percent or more of the state’s population is on the fence or unwilling to get the vaccine.
While Louisiana has a higher supply than some other southern states, it still ranks sixth from the bottom in vaccinations for adults 18 and older, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
As of Friday, Americans had used more than 200 million doses of the vaccine, and nearly half of U.S. adults had received at least one dose of the vaccine.
Some state governments are doing their best to promote vaccines. Alaska’s health department has also set up vaccination windows at airports. And Ohio’s health department requires vaccine providers to offer vaccinations near bus stops, or on a mobile basis. In Connecticut, health departments also set up vaccination appointments directly to residents by phone. In Mississippi, health care workers visit the homes of seniors to provide vaccinations directly. And Alabama’s health department is also finding ways to get the word out and get people to get vaccinated.
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