Are You Confident In The COVID-19 Vaccine? Take The Patch Survey

For the better part of 10 months, the entire world has been awaiting the emergence of vaccines that would provide its first major pushback against the coronavirus. Now, with that time upon us, the politicization of the virus — as well as a general mistrust of vaccines — means not everyone is clamoring for it.

The first COVID-19 vaccines are expected to arrive in New Hampshire in mid-December. Pfizer's vaccine was approved overnight in the United Kingdom and is up for emergency use authorization in the United States next week, and Cambridge-based Moderna's vaccine is hoping for the same the following week.

The initial limited supply of vaccines will be prioritized for frontline healthcare workers and high-risk seniors. The general public likely won't start receiving vaccines until the spring. The state will submit its final plan for vaccine distribution to the Centers for Disease Control on Friday — you can see its interim plan here.

Gov. Chris Sununu has previously said the vaccine will not be mandated.

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 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.