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E-Mail RICHMOND, Va. (Dec. 14, 2020) The first COVID-19 vaccine has received emergency use authorization. Yet a key question remains: Will U.S. adults be willing to get it? A new study led by a Virginia Commonwealth University professor is among the first to examine the psychological and social predictors of U.S. adults willingness to get a future COVID-19 vaccine and whether these predictors differ under an emergency use authorization release of the vaccine. American Journal of Infection Control. It involved a survey of 788 U.S. adults, and found that 59.9% of respondents were definitely or probably planning to receive a future coronavirus vaccine, while 18.8% were neutral and 21.3% were probably or definitely not planning to get it. ....