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Thu, 12/10/2020 - 08:33
ELON POLL FINDS 60% OF NC RESPONDENTS MAY NOT TAKE COVID VACCINE: That number is “low and disappointing,” UNC Charlotte public health sciences Professor Melinda Forthofer told the Observer. “Our best bet for managing this pandemic is to have a much higher percentage of people receiving the vaccine when they can,” she said. Some people surveyed by the Elon poll said they wouldn’t get the vaccine because they worry they could contract COVID-19, or that they believe the vaccine development happened too quickly. But Wessner said it’s impossible to contract COVID-19 from the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines. 30% of people surveyed identified themselves as Republican, 35% identified as Democrat and 35% identified as neither.