Regardless of at-home COVID-19 testing being obtainable by way of the U.S. authorities, many unvaccinated People haven't filed requests for them.
Based on a new ballot from YouGov, round 70 % of People who haven't any plans to get a COVID-19 vaccine haven't tried to request at-home testing kits. The ballot comes as a brand new pressure of the Omicron variant entitled Stealth has been detected in 30 states, prompting a rise within the want for testing. The Stealth pressure has presently been present in over 200 instances throughout the US.
Amongst these unvaccinated individuals, 27 % had efficiently requested testing kits, whereas one other 3 % had requested them however had been unable to obtain them. The ballot doesn't state why these unvaccinated People are refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
As for absolutely vaccinated People, 40 % didn't plan to request an at-home take a look at, with 54 % efficiently requesting them. Nevertheless, 6 % of absolutely vaccinated individuals who tried to request exams had been unable to obtain them. Alongside occasion traces, 41 % of Republicans efficiently requested at-home exams with 51 % not eager to request exams. The share of Democrats that answered equally was not almost as shut, with 54 % of Democrats having the ability to request and obtain their exams, whereas 36 % haven't requested exams. Lastly, round 43 % of Independents had been capable of obtain at-home testing kits as 51 % stated that they'd no plans to request any exams.
This knowledge was not the one notable findings from the YouGov ballot. The pollster additionally requested individuals how a lot they'd heard concerning the at-home testing package request system. Round 40 % of People had heard "quite a bit" concerning the system, with nearly all of these respondents being 65 years of age or older. A further 40 %, which primarily consisted of these beneath 30 years previous, stated they'd heard "just a little" concerning the requests.
Pollsters additionally requested about individuals' consciousness of COVID-19 testing websites of their space. Based on the outcomes, round 67 % of all People know the place they'll get examined for COVID-19, whereas 13 % stated they don't. Moreover, the ballot discovered that People residing in city areas had been extra seemingly than suburban People to know the place they may get examined for COVID-19. Round 8 % of respondents stated that they "wouldn't get examined" for the virus in the event that they skilled signs.
YouGov says that the ballot was carried out with 1,500 adults in the US from January 22 to 25, with the margin of error being round 3 %.
Newsweek has reached out to a consultant from YouGov for remark.
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