A PEW study confirms what many of us could have guessed: Republicans and white evangelicals are least likely to get vaccinated against Covid-19.
Black Protestants aren’t least likely to
get a vaccine; white evangelicals are[ … ]
A new Pew Research survey suggests that either the campaigns were effective or the worry was misplaced: 64% of Black Protestants, the researchers found, “definitely or probably” plan to get vaccinated — up sharply from November when little more than 40% said they planned to get vaccinated.
It’s not that vaccine hesitancy is a myth; it’s merely strongest among another group: white evangelical Christians.
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The larger survey also showed that partisan differences play a big role in assessing the likelihood of getting vaccinated. Democrats are far more likely than Republicans to say they plan to get, or have already received, a coronavirus vaccine (83% to 56%).
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The survey also showed that atheists and agnostics scored highest of all the religious groups in their willingness to get vaccinated.
Another big holdout? White males without college education.
Once again, then: The great divide in American life is not race, religion, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, or any other commonplace complaint: It’s education — and it’s no coincidence that it’s the poorly-educated who are rejecting the science.