In a national survey of adults ages 50 to 80 years, 71 percent have either received or plan to receive the vaccine<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
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MONDAY, March 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Seven in 10 adults in their 50s, 60s, and 70s are now ready to get vaccinated against COVID-19 when a dose becomes available to them or have already been vaccinated, according to the results of the latest University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging.<\/p>\n
Preeti Malani, M.D., from the University of Michigan Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation in Ann Arbor, and colleagues conducted an online survey in late January that included 2,022 respondents.<\/p>\n
According to the results of the poll, 71 percent of older adults are now willing to receive or have received the COVID-19 vaccine, up from 58 percent in October 2020. Among Blacks, Hispanics, and people in fair or poor health, the jumps in vaccine receptiveness were even bigger — up 20 points for Blacks and 18 points for Hispanics versus 9 points among White respondents. As observed with earlier poll results, individuals with higher household incomes or more education were more likely to report they would get a COVID-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n
“This is incredibly encouraging, given the amount of hesitancy we saw in our poll from late fall,” Malani said in a statement. “But these new data still reveal gaps in attitudes about COVID-19 vaccination between racial and ethnic groups.”<\/p>\n