Are You Confident In A COVID-19 Vaccine? Take MN Patch's Survey

MINNESOTA — For months, Minnesota health care officials and workers, as well as high-risk individuals and their loved ones, have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of a vaccine for COVID-19. More than 4,000 Minnesotans have died from the virus, and many others are now dealing with chronic health issues that exist even after recovering from COVID-19.

"We now know that there is light at the end of this tunnel, especially with the vaccines coming, and coming soon," Kris Ehresmann, Director of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology at the Minnesota Department of Health, said at a Nov. 30 news conference.

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However, not everyone is clamoring for a COVID-19 vaccine.

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

The survey will close later this week, and then we'll post results. 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.

Mike Carraggi, Patch Staff, contributed to this article.