A poll from Emerson College Polling found that 57% of residents in the American Heartland states will not receive the latest COVID-19 vaccine.
The national average of those who will not receive the updated vaccine is 51%.
Emerson Polling’s health survey partner, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, surveyed the 12 traditional Midwestern states and 10 surrounding states.
Dr. Scott C. Ratzan, distinguished lecturer on health communication and social change at CUNY SPH said, “We found that American residents split down the middle, 51% to 49%, about getting the new COVID-19 shot, but likely acceptance dropped to 43% in our nation’s Heartland.”
“Respondents in Minnesota, Colorado, Iowa, and Illinois align more closely with the national perception on COVID-19 boosters. Residents there are split evenly on whether they will get them,” he explained, “but residents elsewhere in the Heartland are less supportive and their attitude towards the vaccine tracks closely with how they rate the quality of the government health information they receive.”
Residents of Wyoming were the most opposed to the new vaccine, with 74% of those surveyed saying they would not receive the updated inoculation.
An October poll from Ipsos found that 7 in 10 Republicans do not want the booster vaccine.
“While 70% of Democrats say they are likely to or have already received the updated booster, just 28% of Republicans say the same,” according to the poll results.
Conversely, “71% of Republicans say they are unlikely to receive the updated booster, and just 30% of Democrats say the same.”
