Yet another poll shows that Americans are not excited about getting a coronavirus vaccine when it finally hits the market, according to a new national CNBC/Change Research poll.
Nationally, only 42% of likely voters said they will definitely or probably get a coronavirus vaccine when it becomes available.
That number is down from 58% in July, when a previous CNBC/Change Research poll was released.
About 61% of voters said they were concerned that Trump was attempting to rush out a coronavirus vaccine to help his re-election chances.
The poll surveyed more than 1,400 likely voters between Friday and Sunday. The research has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 percentage points.
“We think we can start sometime in October,” Trump said last week. “So as soon as it’s announced we’ll be able to start. That will be from mid-October on. It may be a little bit later than that.”
Dr. Anthony Fauci, a White House coronavirus task force expert, said it's "conceivable" a vaccine could be released by October but not likely.
"Most of us project that that's going to be by November [or] December—by the end of the year," Fauci told CNN. He added it would be "conceivable that you could have it by October, though I don't think that that's likely."
Trump has said he expects a vaccine to be ready by the Nov. 3 election.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield gave a similar deadline, saying high-risk populations could get vaccinated as soon as November or December. He added that it may take “six to nine months” to vaccinate the entire country.
However, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris are worried Trump’s comments could hurt people's confidence in a vaccine.
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