Most Canadians now want COVID-19 vaccine ASAP: Poll
Just over 10% of the population says it won't be vaccinated against COVID-19, Angus Reid says
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Six in 10 Canadians are willing to get the COVID-19 vaccination as soon as it’s available and Ontarians are the most dissatisfied with the pace of the program’s rollout, an Angus Reid Institute poll finds.
The pollster reported 60% of the population is up for the jab right away, an increase from 48% in mid-December, 40% in mid-November and just 39% in September.
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Another 23% are prepared to get the vaccine but not right away.
“While concerns do exist about side effects and long-term implications of vaccination, most of those willing to roll up their sleeves in the months ahead now say they are more confident than anxious about the prospect,” an Angus Reid statement released Monday says.
The majority of Ontarians still have a few months to wait — possibly April or later — until the vaccine becomes available for mass immunization.
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Ontario officials are currently focusing on health-care workers and long-term care residents.
Data released Monday shows the province had administered 122,105 doses and 5,884 people had completed their two-dose vaccination by 8 p.m. Sunday.
The Angus Reid poll reported that 52% of Canadians polled believe they’ll have to wait “too long” for the vaccine.
“Dissatisfaction with the speed and smoothness of the process is most pronounced in Manitoba and Ontario, where approximately half, 51% and 54% respectively, say their province is doing a ‘bad job’ on COVID-19 vaccine distribution,” the Angus Reid statement says. “More than two-in-five in Alberta, 43%, also say this.”
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Canadians aren’t too picky about where they get their shot, with 90% saying they would be OK with many options from medical clinics to drive-thu vaccination sites.
The increase in people who now want the vaccine immediately was among those who were not anti-vaccine but were reluctant to go first.
Just over 10% of the population says it won’t be vaccinated against COVID-19, the pollster says.
Angus Reid’s poll is based on an online survey conducted Jan. 7-10 of 1,580 Canadian adults who are members of its forum, and carries a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.
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