In addition, the need to take off several hours of work from the inflexible demands of farming for travel and recovery from vaccine side effects makes the shots seem even less compelling, he added. About 35 percent of adults between 30 and 49 over all expressed skepticism about the vaccine, according to the Kaiser poll. Black people have remained the most resistant to taking a coronavirus vaccine, largely because of the history of abusive research on them by white doctors. In the Kaiser poll, the share of Black respondents who believe the vaccine will be distributed fairly has nearly doubled, to 62 percent from 32 percent. This summer he told The Times that he was happy to sit back and watch others get the vaccine, while he bided his time.

Source: New York Times December 26, 2020 14:03 UTC