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Sunday, December 26th, 2021

KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor: Early Omicron Update

Author:     Ashley Kirzinger, Audrey Kearney, Liz Hamel, and Mollyann Brodie
Source:     Kaiser Family Foundation
Publication Date:     Dec 21, 2021
 Link: KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor: Early Omicron Update
Stephan:   The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) is a reliable source of accurate social outcome data, and this is what they report about the great schism over Covid vaccination. As I have been saying since this pandemic began and vaccines were first available, you can't fix willful ignorance. When people develop utterly ungrounded beliefs about something it is extremely hard to get them to give those beliefs up. It means having to admit you were wrong, This is what I think is going to happen. Two major subtrends are emerging. The first will be watching how various societies in the world, and particularly in the U.S. the growing majority of vaccinated people come to see the unvacciinated, and the stress they are causing in America's illness profit system of healthcare. The second is what may be the silver lining. The near collapse of healthcare is going to make it clear, and politically desirable, to create a universal birthright healthcare system that make fostering wellbeing its function.    

Key Findings

  • The latest analysis from the KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor, fielded after the omicron COVID-19 variant was first detected in the U.S., indicates that vaccinated and unvaccinated adults are having dissimilar reactions to news of the omicron variant. The quick response survey, which was conducted in a shorter field period and with a smaller sample than the monthly COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor, provides an early look at how the omicron variant may be changing public reaction and vaccine intentions.
  • Half of adults, including 52% of vaccinated adults, say they are worried they personally will get seriously sick from the coronavirus, up from 30% in November prior to the news of the omicron variant. Unvaccinated adults remain less concerned with about four in ten (42%) saying they are worried about getting seriously sick from the coronavirus.
  • The threat of the new variant may be encouraging some vaccinated adults to get a booster dose. Half of vaccinated adults who have not yet received a booster dose (27% of all vaccinated adults) say the news about the new omicron variant makes […]
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