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Poll: Over 1 billion people worldwide unwilling to get COVID-19 vaccine, global herd immunity...
• https://www.fox5ny.com, By Chris WilliamsResearchers surveyed 116 countries and calculated only 68% of adults were willing to get inoculated, still below the 70-90% scientists believe is needed to reach herd immunity.
The survey also revealed that 32% of adults, or 1.3 billion people, said they would not take the vaccine.
When broken down by individual countries, Myanmar had the highest percentage of adults willing to get the vaccine at 96%. Kazakhstan had the lowest at 25%. Overall, researchers said at least 38 countries would reach the minimum 70% for herd immunity.
The study pointed out the people living in Eastern Europe and former Soviet states were the least inclined to get the vaccine.