According to a Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) poll, most parents will not have their children receive the latest COVID-19 vaccine.
Only 13% of parents with children between the ages of 12 to 17 or 6 months to 4 years said their children will be vaccinated.
Twelve percent of parents with children between the ages of 5 to 11 reported the same.
Thirty-six to forty-one percent of parents responded that their children will not receive the vaccine, while about a quarter of parents involved in the poll said their children will probably not receive the latest vaccine.
Forty-three percent of parents said parents should have the right to choose if their child should be vaccinated.
Those with a Democratic political affiliation were more likely to oppose vaccine-choice, as 84% reported that children should be required to be vaccinated to attend public school.
“The poll shows that most of the nation still trusts the CDC and the FDA on vaccines—but there is a partisan gap, and most Republicans don’t trust the nation’s regulatory and scientific agencies responsible for vaccine approval and guidance,” said KFF president and CEO Drew Altman.
Reporting from The Epoch Times:
A higher percentage of adults say they'll definitely receive one of the new vaccines. Twenty-three percent of respondents, including 34 percent of those 65 and older, say they'll definitely receive one of the new shots. Democrats are far more likely to say they plan to receive one of the vaccines. Forty-two percent said they'll definitely receive one, compared to 21 percent of independents and 8 percent of Republicans. People who previous received a vaccine were also more likely to say they'll definitely or probably receive one, with 79 percent of the unvaccinated saying they definitely will not and another 15 percent saying they probably will not.
