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Alternstive medicine is big business in China...but not like it doesn’t have a big hold here in America too. Administration of the coronavirus vaccine will be a

Alternstive medicine is big business in China...but not like it doesn’t have a big hold here in America too. Administration of the coronavirus vaccine will be a big hurdle since so many Americans are afraid of vaccines.

umvi 6y ago
> Administration of the coronavirus vaccine will be a big hurdle since so many Americans are afraid of vaccines. Source? Afaik anti-vaxxers are a loud minority and in no way representative of the majority of Americans.
- SpicyLemonZest 6y ago
  Polls suggest that about a third of Americans don't want to get a coronavirus vaccine. (https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2020-08-14/one-third-of-americans-wont-get-coronavirus-vaccine-poll-finds https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2020-08-14/...) Note that this probably isn't measuring something else like "I think the virus isn't real", because similar polls show significantly higher support for things like masks and social distancing.
  - umvi 6y ago
    Well yeah, I don't want one yet either. I'll take a flu vaccine any day of the week, but who wants to be first in line for a new type of vaccine? Makes you feel like a guinea pig. I'm going to wait until other people try it out first.
    - SpicyLemonZest 6y ago
      I'm really only willing to be first in line for the same reason I'm not that scared for my personal health in the first place: I'm relatively young, in acceptable shape with no serious health issues, so the chances that I'm the one to hit some serious undetected side effect are well below what I'm willing to risk for the social good. My parents are thinking along the same lines as you and I don't blame them for it.
    - blacksmith_tb 6y ago
      Hmm, I'd be fine with getting even an experimental vaccine, it's far more likely to fail by being ineffective than to actually harm me. Not that I'd want to discover it wasn't effective of course, but our immune systems are challenged all the time by all kinds of viruses and bacteria.
  - sharken 6y ago
    The exact question was: "If a vaccine for the coronavirus is made available to you, will you choose to be vaccinated or not?". From my viewpoint the vaccine makes perfect sense if you are old enough and have one or more of the comorbidities known to cause serious issues. This also applies for younger people although the data suggests that it is not very likely to cause major problems for them. And then those who want to be on the safe side. One interesting thing about the answers is that Blacks and Latinos have 45% saying No, while that number is down to 30% of White people saying No. Not sure why that is, as data suggests Blacks and Latinos would benefit more from a vaccine. See for example https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/05/us/coronavirus-latinos-african-americans-cdc-data.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/05/us/coronaviru.... One more result from the poll is that 63% of Republicans say it is a good idea when asked: "Due to coronavirus, do you think it is a good idea or a bad idea to allow children to take part in local or school sports?". This number is only 9% for Democrats.
- tashoecraft 6y ago
  While I think tru anti vaxxers are a loud minority, I think they have help create vaccine skeptics or at least a slight distrust in vaccines. My cousin who believes in vaccines said he spread out his kids vaccines instead of getting them all at once in order to "reduce risk". This wasn't something the doctor recommended or is recommended on a medical level, as far as I know. But the distrust is there and present in what I believe is a growing portion of Americans.

umvi 6y ago

> Administration of the coronavirus vaccine will be a big hurdle since so many Americans are afraid of vaccines. Source? Afaik anti-vaxxers are a loud minority and in no way representative of the majority of Americans.

SpicyLemonZest 6y ago
Polls suggest that about a third of Americans don't want to get a coronavirus vaccine. (https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2020-08-14/one-third-of-americans-wont-get-coronavirus-vaccine-poll-finds https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2020-08-14/...) Note that this probably isn't measuring something else like "I think the virus isn't real", because similar polls show significantly higher support for things like masks and social distancing.
- umvi 6y ago
  Well yeah, I don't want one yet either. I'll take a flu vaccine any day of the week, but who wants to be first in line for a new type of vaccine? Makes you feel like a guinea pig. I'm going to wait until other people try it out first.
  - SpicyLemonZest 6y ago
    I'm really only willing to be first in line for the same reason I'm not that scared for my personal health in the first place: I'm relatively young, in acceptable shape with no serious health issues, so the chances that I'm the one to hit some serious undetected side effect are well below what I'm willing to risk for the social good. My parents are thinking along the same lines as you and I don't blame them for it.
  - blacksmith_tb 6y ago
    Hmm, I'd be fine with getting even an experimental vaccine, it's far more likely to fail by being ineffective than to actually harm me. Not that I'd want to discover it wasn't effective of course, but our immune systems are challenged all the time by all kinds of viruses and bacteria.
- sharken 6y ago
  The exact question was: "If a vaccine for the coronavirus is made available to you, will you choose to be vaccinated or not?". From my viewpoint the vaccine makes perfect sense if you are old enough and have one or more of the comorbidities known to cause serious issues. This also applies for younger people although the data suggests that it is not very likely to cause major problems for them. And then those who want to be on the safe side. One interesting thing about the answers is that Blacks and Latinos have 45% saying No, while that number is down to 30% of White people saying No. Not sure why that is, as data suggests Blacks and Latinos would benefit more from a vaccine. See for example https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/05/us/coronavirus-latinos-african-americans-cdc-data.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/05/us/coronaviru.... One more result from the poll is that 63% of Republicans say it is a good idea when asked: "Due to coronavirus, do you think it is a good idea or a bad idea to allow children to take part in local or school sports?". This number is only 9% for Democrats.
tashoecraft 6y ago
While I think tru anti vaxxers are a loud minority, I think they have help create vaccine skeptics or at least a slight distrust in vaccines. My cousin who believes in vaccines said he spread out his kids vaccines instead of getting them all at once in order to "reduce risk". This wasn't something the doctor recommended or is recommended on a medical level, as far as I know. But the distrust is there and present in what I believe is a growing portion of Americans.