32 percent of Louisianans said they will never take a COVID vaccine according to the 2021 Louisiana Survey.
LSU Public Policy Lab Director Mike Henderson said when you break down the numbers the one group most likely to refuse vaccination is white Republicans.
“Over the past year so much of the way that people think of the coronavirus and the way they think of the threat of the coronavirus depends on their political views,” said Henderson.
A separate poll by the Louisiana Public Health Institute found Blacks and white women were most likely to have vaccine hesitancy.
Henderson said vaccine resistance is high despite the fact that nearly 60 percent of Louisianans say either they or someone they live with has lost a job or income due to the pandemic.
“It has had a pretty far reach into people’s lives but that has not translated into universal acceptance of the vaccine,” said Henderson.
A combined 58 percent said they have either been vaccinated or plan on it. Henderson said for the rest of the state it could take some convincing.
“There is an ongoing discussion among certain populations in the US that are more skeptical of vaccines despite the fact that the science overwhelmingly says that they are safe,” said Henderson.
The poll surveyed 781 adults and has a margin of error of 6.4 percent.
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