Are You Confident In A Coronavirus Vaccine? A Patch Survey

CALIFORNIA — For much of 2020, the world has been awaiting the arrival of vaccines to provide the first major defense against the coronavirus. But the politicization of the virus — as well as an emerging anti-vaccine movement — means not everyone is racing to get it.

Some 327,000 doses of the first COVID-19 vaccines are expected to arrive in California as early as Dec. 15 for the first phase of a two-dose vaccine, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday, adding that the state expects to receive 2.16 million first doses by the end of December.

The state has released guidelines for distribution of the vaccine, which will detail who is highest-priority. Health care workers and residents of congregate living facilities are among those who will be first in line. The public likely won't start receiving vaccines until the spring.

Pfizer's vaccine was approved in the United Kingdom and first administered to Britain's Margaret Keenan Tuesday. In the United States, the vaccine is up for emergency use authorization within the next few days, and Cambridge-based Moderna follows with its own hearing for its vaccine candidate Dec. 17.

#COVID19 VACCINE UPDATE:

- CA is planning to receive 2.16 million first doses in December

- CA submitted our first orders last Friday, a part of the initial 327k doses in Phase 1a

- The Community Vaccine Advisory Committee will meet this week to determine Phase 1b allocation
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) December 7, 2020

So Patch wants to know: How do you feel about the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccines? Do you plan on taking it as soon as possible? Has the politicization of the vaccine and virus impacted your feelings on it?

The survey is now closed. We will post the results soon and share a link here.

The survey is not meant to be a scientific poll, with random sampling and margins of error, but is meant only to gauge the sentiments of our readers in an informal way.