With the new variants, you need something like 80% of the population vaccinated. Only half of the adults in the US say they plan to get the vaccine. I also remember reading the amount of actual anti vax people in the US is like 10%; though I suspect it has grown since then. So yeah, it could actually be a real problem (though acquired immunity for those having been infected helps).
Does that number give a distinction between those who say they won't get the vaccine and those who say they won't until they know it's safe and effective (now granted, I'm sure some people in that group are just anti-vaxxers who realize that it won't make them any friends, but still).
With the new variants, you need something like 80% of the population vaccinated. Only half of the adults in the US say they plan to get the vaccine. I also remember reading the amount of actual anti vax people in the US is like 10%; though I suspect it has grown since then. So yeah, it could actually be a real problem (though acquired immunity for those having been infected helps).
Does that number give a distinction between those who say they won't get the vaccine and those who say they won't until they know it's safe and effective (now granted, I'm sure some people in that group are just anti-vaxxers who realize that it won't make them any friends, but still).
It doesn't, which is why I mentioned the rough number of actual anti-vax people as well.