Health
US women more nervous about fast rollout of COVID-19 vaccine – Thomson Reuters Foundation
With women more likely to make the healthcare decisions for a family, a lower level of trust in COVID-19 vaccines is a problem
By Chris Kahn and Deena Beasley
NEW YORK, Dec 11 (Reuters) – American women, who traditionally make most of the healthcare decisions in their families, are more wary than men of the new, rapidly developed COVID-19 vaccines, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll, presenting a potential challenge to efforts to immunize the public.
The Dec. 2-8 national opinion survey showed that 35% of women said they were “not very” or “not at all” interested in getting a vaccine, an increase of 9 points from a similar…
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