| Recent Poll: Majority of Americans
Don't Want the H1N1 Flu Shot
More than half of all adult Americans say they don't want to
get the H1N1 flu vaccine, according to a new national poll.
According to the poll, 55 percent of adults don't want to get
the swine flu vaccine, and don't plan to get a shot. Another 20
percent say they want to get inoculated but haven't taken any
steps to do so. Just 7 percent have been inoculated for H1N1.
Why are more than half of all Americans shunning the vaccine?
"The perception that the vaccine has dangerous side effects
is the top reason," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.
"Roughly half of those who don't want a swine flu shot say
that the possibility of side effects is one reason why they don't
plan to get the vaccine. That works out to 28 percent of the adult
population who don't plan to get inoculated due to the risk of
dangerous side effects."
One in four American adults say they don't plan on getting a
shot because they are not in a high-risk group, with 21 percent
indicating they don't plan on getting vaccinated because they
only go to a doctor when they are sick. Most of those respondents
are men.
The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll was conducted November
13-15, with 1,014 adult Americans questioned by telephone. The
survey's overall sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage
points.
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A full list of h1n1 vaccine ingredients, alerts and warnings.
Reference Sources 109
November 19, 2009
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