* AP…

Overall, the AP-NORC poll found about 1 in 5 American adults say they probably or definitely won’t get vaccinated, compared to about a third in January, when the shots were just rolling out. […]

Black Americans likewise are becoming more open to the shots, with 26% now saying they definitely or probably won’t get vaccinated compared with 41% in January. […]

32% of Republicans now say they probably or definitely won’t get vaccinated, down from 44% in January.

Other polls have been finding the same thing for months. There are gonna be hardcore holdouts, but what the government needs to be focusing on the most is making it easier to get the shot (24/7 vaccination sites, mobile vax centers at churches, schools, events, etc.) and using market research to reach out to people whose opinion can be most readily changed. The loudmouths on social media and cable TV will either eventually come around or they won’t. They should be at the bottom of the priority list, except to make sure their arguments are effectively and aggressively countered so that more people aren’t infected with a communications virus.

* Gov. Pritzker was asked about the hesitancy issue today…

There are people who come from communities that have been hesitant for many years about the health care system in general, because it hasn’t treated them properly, that equity hasn’t been brought to them in the health care system. And so I can understand why people choose to maybe step back and wait a little while.

There are others who maybe don’t fully understand the science behind the vaccinations and therefore are hesitant because they haven’t learned enough about it, which I understand. We want to do a good job of educating everybody.

But I would just remind you that literally hundreds of millions of people around the world have been vaccinated. And here in the United States, there’s not a single instance of a vaccination, other than those three that were related, three people, out of tens of millions, I think we’re now past 100 million people that are vaccinated in the United States, three people that had what’s identified maybe as a pre-existing condition, but certainly in a category that it’s now identified. And so I just say it’s safe, you know, talk to your doctor. But talk to your neighbors, talk to your friends, your family, and I think you’ll find that it’s safe. For those of us who’ve been vaccinated, it’s a lot more comfortable to be able to be outside in a small group of people not wearing a mask. It’s a lot more comfortable to be able to go into a restaurant, and just know that you’re highly unlikely to get infected.