March 5, 2021
There’s been a good deal of media handwringing about COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Black Americans, with more than one campaign launching in an attempt to persuade skeptical Black Americans to make sure they get vaccinated. Those fears may or may not have been founded but in any case, a new study from Pew shows that Black Protestants are not actually the least likely faith group in the U.S. to get vaccinated.
That honor goes to White evangelicals. The survey found that 54 percent of White evangelicals “definitely or probably” plan on getting vaccinated, the lowest of any group surveyed. 64 percent of Black Americans will “definitely or probably” get vaccinated, along with 77 percent of Catholics and 71 percent of the religiously unaffiliated. Atheists are actually the most likely to get vaccinated, with 90 percent saying they plan on getting the jab.
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