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Millions of doses of Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine will be available by the end of this month, but while some Americans have eagerly awaited the vaccine s arrival, others are taking a wait-and-see approach.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has proposed that the vaccine first go to healthcare workers and then adults in long-term care facilities, those with high-risk medical conditions, and essential workers.
A new Gallup Panel poll released on Tuesday showed that 63 percent of Americans are willing to be vaccinated against the disease, an increase from 58 percent in an October poll.
More than two-thirds of Americans in the 18-44 and 65-and-older age groups are willing to get the vaccine, according to the poll.
Relief, reluctance and reality checks with vaccine in sight
Ian Duncan, The Washington Post
Dec. 10, 2020
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1of3Maribel Martinez, 43, outside her home this week in Baltimore.Washington Post photo by Sarah L. Voisin.Show MoreShow Less
2of3Maribel Martinez, 43, said many of her neighbors are wary of getting a coronavirus vaccine.Washington Post photo by Sarah L. Voisin.Show MoreShow Less
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Maribel Martinez has no qualms about getting the coronavirus vaccine. She watched as covid-19 attacked and weakened her husband for days during the summer before he relented and went to the hospital.
He survived, but the experience so shook Martinez that she is determined to get the vaccine as soon as it is available. She said that puts her out of step with most of her friends and neighbors in a predominantly Latino neighborhood in Baltimore where many are resistant to the idea of inoculation.