{"id":12578,"date":"2020-12-31T17:11:43","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T17:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=12578"},"modified":"2020-12-31T17:11:43","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T17:11:43","slug":"survey-fewer-than-half-of-texans-very-likely-to-get-covid-19-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=12578","title":{"rendered":"Survey: Fewer than half of Texans \u201cvery likely\u201d to get COVID-19 vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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One in 5 Texans say they are \u201cvery unlikely\u201d to get vaccinated for COVID-19, according to a new Episcopal Health Foundation survey.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Photo: Padrinan\/Pixabay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

By ROZ BROWN<\/strong>
Texas News Service<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Texans need the right messaging from trusted advisers if they\u2019re going to agree to be vaccinated for the coronavirus, according to a new survey<\/a> by the Episcopal Health Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The survey shows 37% of Texans say they\u2019re \u201cvery likely\u201d to get a COVID-19 vaccine when it\u2019s available to them. But Brian Sasser, chief communication officer at the Foundation, noted surveys taken three months apart show Texans also want reassurance the vaccine is safe and effective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the overall enthusiasm about getting a vaccine varies greatly depending on race, income, political party and age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWell, the good news in the survey is, from our polling in September, that the number of people likely or somewhat likely to get a vaccine has gone up,\u201d Sasser said. \u201cThe bad news is, still one-fifth of Texans say they\u2019re still very unlikely to get the vaccine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The survey found 26% of adults across the state said they\u2019re \u201csomewhat likely\u201d to get a vaccine. And the percentage who said they\u2019re \u201cvery unlikely\u201d to get it dropped from 28% in September to 20% in the December survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Researchers found Texans\u2019 likelihood of getting a COVID-19 vaccine also varies depending on a person\u2019s income and education level. Almost half of college graduates said they\u2019re very likely to roll up their sleeves, while fewer Texans with less formal education feel that way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sasser said he\u2019s hopeful appropriate messaging can reduce hesitancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDifferent groups want to hear different messages in their own language, from their own trusted people that they know and believe what they have to say,\u201d he said. \u201cBut we just want to make sure that everyone has good messages and can understand why this vaccine is so important.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The survey also asked about political affiliation and found 52% of Democrats are more likely to get the vaccination, compared to one-third of Republicans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By ROZ BROWNTexas News Service AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Texans need the right messaging from trusted advisers if they\u2019re going to agree to be vaccinated for the coronavirus, according to a new survey by the Episcopal Health Foundation. The survey shows 37% of Texans say they\u2019re \u201cvery likely\u201d to get a COVID-19 vaccine when it\u2019s available to them. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12578"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12579,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12578\/revisions\/12579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}