Covid-19 vaccine safety a big concern among U.S. adults, new poll finds

The U.S. public is highly concerned about vaccine safety, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation poll. Of the nearly 1,200 people who were surveyed recently, 62% expressed concerns that the FDA would approve a Covid-19 vaccine under political pressure. At the same time, while a vast majority don't think a vaccine will be ready before early November — a timeline that the CDC recently asked states to prepare for — only about 40% said they would get a vaccine if it was available by then. Slightly more than half of people surveyed had heard of convalescent plasma therapy, which was granted emergency approval by the FDA last month, and the vast majority think more studies need to be done to determine its efficacy.