* New NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll…
The percentage of American adults saying they will get a COVID-19 vaccine (14%) or have already gotten one (59%) held steady at 73% this month.
There is a question, though, of whether the country has hit a plateau, as daily vaccinations continue to decline, and as a quarter of Americans continue to say they will not get vaccinated — a number that has held steady since March.
The least likely to say they will get vaccinated continue to be Trump supporters (43%) and Republicans (41%), particularly Republican men (44%). But a third of Americans under 45 also say they will not get the shot.
There is no real statistical difference in hesitancy between white and Black Americans — 73% of whites say they’ve either gotten the vaccine or will get it; 75% of Black Americans said the same (69% of Latinos also said so).
Americans are overwhelmingly supportive of providing doses of vaccines to other countries that need it — 84% said it’s a good idea.
* If those results are right, you wouldn’t know it by looking at this Chicago map from WBEZ . Maybe people are willing to get vaxed and are unable for some reason? Whatever it is, this needs further debate…
*** UPDATE *** WBEZ…
In a recent interview with WBEZ, Arwady said her department is now shifting its focus to the 13 ZIP codes with the lowest vaccination rates. In recent weeks, as the pop-up clinics have come to an end, the Department of Public Health is driving a vaccination bus around town, stopping at schools and parks in these neighborhoods on the weekends when it’s easy to get people to come out.
The vaccination bus schedule posted online will target four majority Black neighborhoods — South Shore, Englewood, Roseland and Austin — through May. These neighborhoods have some of the city’s lowest vaccination rates. Anyone 12 and older is eligible, and appointments are not required.
The health department has also issued two $10 million requests for proposals to continue some of the work Protect Chicago Plus started. The first, released in March, was seeking “Regional Vaccinators” for five equity zones on the South and West Sides to operate mobile vaccination sites and administer shots in specific settings, like factories.
“We’re not thinking in terms of if a site can [vaccinate] thousands a day. We’re like, ‘Can a site do hundreds a day? And where can we put additional sites?’ ” Arwady said.
