Unvaccinated Americans believe COVID-19 vaccine more dangerous than virus

Many unvaccinated Americans believe the COVID-19 is more dangerous than the virus.
Many unvaccinated Americans believe the COVID-19 is more dangerous than the virus. Photo credit Getty Images

Many unvaccinated adults believe the coronavirus vaccine is a greater risk to their health than the COVID-19 disease itself, a poll has found.

The Kaiser Family Foundation released a poll on Wednesday that revealed over half of unvaccinated adults, 53%, believe getting the vaccine is more dangerous than contracting coronavirus.

In contrast, 88% of vaccinated adults said getting infected with COVID-19 is a bigger risk to health than the vaccine.

Unvaccinated adults, especially those who said they will “definitely not” get a vaccine, were less concerned with the contagious delta variant and were less confident in the effectiveness of Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson, the study found.

Many unvaccinated individuals also reportedly believed that the news media had over-exaggerated the seriousness of the pandemic.

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