increase from 1 in 5 in May.The poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found only 46% of Americans want a COVID-19 vaccine and another 29% are unsure.More striking, while Black Americans have been especially hard-hit by COVID-19, just 22% say they plan to get vaccinated compared with 48% of white Americans, the AP-NORC poll found.“I am very concerned about hesitancy regarding COVID vaccine,” said Dr.
William Schaffner, a vaccine specialist at Vanderbilt University who says even the primary care doctors who'll need to recommend vaccinations have questions.“If the politicians would stand back and let the scientific process work, I think we’d all be better off,” he added.The stakes are high: Shunning a COVID-19.