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

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

Gov. Greg Abbott on Dec. 2 announced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has made an initial Texas allotment of more than 1.4 million doses of vaccines for the coronavirus for December distribution. Developed by pharmaceutical firm Pfizer, the vaccines arriving in Texas the week of Dec. 14 will be distributed to qualifying providers across the state who will administer immunizations based on the Vaccine Distribution Principles developed by the state's Expert Vaccine Allocation Panel, the governor wrote in an advisory.

Additional allotments may be made later this month, the governor noted, in addition to bolstered allotments slated for January and subsequent months.

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?

Related story: Texas Reveals December Coronavirus Vaccine Distribution Plan

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.