The Coronavirus

[Eric the Green]

(05-13-2021, 01:46 AM)pbrower2a Wrote:

(05-12-2021, 07:46 PM)nguyenivy Wrote:

(05-11-2021, 08:45 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: Age, education, gender,  breakdown of attitudes toward inoculation:

10 May 2021:

Do you plan to take a coronavirus vaccine if it becomes available?

(Yes - No - Unsure - Already vaccinated)

All subgroups 09-25-05-63 

Age

18-34  11-22-05-61
35-49  08-29-06-57
50-64  08-24-05-62
65++  07-15-04-74

Education

non-college   09-26-05-59
college grad  09-19-05-67 
masters/prof 06-13-03-78   

Gender

M 08-24-04-63
F  09-21-05-64

Political party

Dem  12-04-03-81
Rep   05-43-06-45 
Ind    08-24-06-62 

Ethnicity

white  07-26-05-63
black  16-11-07-66%  
Hisp   13-16-04-66
other  11-20-05-64

https://civiqs.com/results/coronavirus_v...e&net=true

So we have roughly 30% of the adult population either not getting it or unsure if they are getting it. The 'Yes' numbers look so low until I remember we really are in mid-May & the vaccines have been out for all adults for almost a month. It will be interesting to see how these numbers change next month and beyond. Maybe some of the Unsures and Nos will switch to Yes. I also wonder if there is any tracking on how many people have missed their 2nd doses yet.

Most significantly, look at the numbers in bold face. 43% of Republicans say that they are not going to get the inoculation. The "white" contingent at 26%, which is higher than the "black", "Hispanic", and "other" likely corresponds to the fact that the Republican Party is heavily white. I would figure that white Democrats have largely gotten inoculated. The Republican Party as it now exists would not exist were it still be true that America is still majority-white and often proud to be white.

Getting or not getting the inoculation is heavily a political statement. Although nearly half of Republicans have gotten inoculated and another 5% intend to, that suggests that fully one half of Republicans have decided not or have not yet decided to get inoculated.  Republicans are more likely to dismiss rational science that in any way contradicts their world-view or to accept pseudoscience that somehow aligns with their world-view. It would be tempting to state what science many Republicans accept and what many reject. It would also be inflammatory.  

Getting inoculated also connects strongly to formal education which itself correlates with access to high-quality information. I may be 'only' in the college-graduate category, but I followed the lethal progress of COVID-19, and when I saw that COVID-19 was killing high-ranking officials in the Iranian military, people about as pampered as any in the First World even if Iran is a hell-hole, I realized that COVID-19 was dangerous. It was killing retired judges in Italy and aristocrats in Spain; ordinarily, respiratory diseases do not kill in prosperous countries except among people with very bad habits, destitute, or with other large medical problems. (Pneumonia is often the ultimate killer of people with organ failure, cancer, or late-stage dementia).  I took the danger seriously and started wearing a mask in public, washing my hands often, staying away from crowds, and keeping informed. Yes, I got inoculated at the first opportunity. I have no desire to die on a respirator and miss perhaps a couple decades of a good life just to deny and defy science.

White Republicans, non-college, and younger Xers/Xennials. Shameful.

Educated Democrats and core-boomers/silents, bravo!