The Pandemic Will Rage on Longer As a result of Republican Males and White Evangelical Christians Refuse to Get Vaccinated

By Last updated Mar 12, 2021

Ever since the pandemic began, Americans have been asking, “If there’s a vaccine, will you take it?” At first, many were cautious because Donald Trump was President and not many believed he could be trusted not to press the FDA to approve the vaccine in order to be re-elected. In fact, he got closer and promised the Americans that it would be available in October. (His chief of staff, Mark Meadows, said September.)

In response, many mocked those who hesitated to get the vaccine, saying they would risk death. The real story there was how the virus spread, not only would they risk death, they would potentially help spread it.

But now that 100 million Americans have received their first coronavirus vaccine, more than 2 million shots are being fired a day, and as of May 1, all adult Americans will be eligible to be vaccinated. “Herd immunity” is not too far away.

Or is it?

Soon, those who refuse to take the vaccine will only harm themselves or their like-minded anti-science anti-Vaxx friends and family members.

And who are these anti-science anti-vaxxers?

A new NPR / PBS NewsHour / Marist poll has the answers.

Some highlights:

One in two (49%) Republican men says they are not taking the coronavirus vaccine.

Almost every second (47%) Trump supporter says they will not take the coronavirus vaccine.

One in three (34%) Republican women say they are not taking the coronavirus vaccine.

Overall, four in ten (41%) Republicans say they will not take the coronavirus vaccine. (For comparison, only 11% of Democrats say they won’t take the vaccine.)

A little more than one in three Latinos (37%) say they will not take the coronavirus vaccine.

Four in ten (40%) of white men who are not college graduates say they will not take the coronavirus vaccine.

Almost four in ten (38%) of white Evangelical Christians say they will not take the coronavirus vaccine.

Overall, three in ten (30%) American adults still say no to the vaccine. That number is slowly falling. In September it was 44%. In January it was 31%. It has to go down and much faster.

The survey does not ask whether the participants are mask wearers.

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