A new Reuters/Ipsos survey found that only one in four Americans “believe that recent [vaccine policy] recommendations are based on scientific evidence and facts.” CIDRAP has the news.
HPN has reported on shifts in vaccine policy spearheaded by HHS secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Federal agencies have “narrowed their recommendations on who should get COVID-19 shots, which now exclude younger healthy people without underlying health conditions as well as pregnant women.”
24% of the over 1,000 U.S. adults polled thought “the new federal vaccine recommendations were based on facts, including 5% of Democrats and 48% of Republicans. Of the overall group, 48% thought the policy was not based on science and facts, and the rest were unsure or didn’t answer the question.”
48% of respondents said they were “very concerned” about future vaccine access for children, “compared to 38% who weren’t worried. The answer to that question also showed a political divide, with four out of five Democrats saying they were worried, compared to one in five Republicans and half of independents. Regarding worries about their own access, 42% said they were worried.”
