A new poll shows one in 5 people would refuse a COVID-19 vaccine as companies race to create one

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• A new AP-NORC poll published Wednesday revealed about one in five people would refuse a coronavirus vaccine, and only about half of Americans would get the vaccination, as scientists race to create one.
• The data comes as the US reached a grim milestone of 100,000 deaths from the coronavirus.
• "There's still a large amount of uncertainty around taking the vaccine," Caitlin Oppenheimer, senior vice president of Public Health at NORC, told AP. "There is a lot of opportunity to communicate with Americans about the value and the safety of a vaccine."
• About seven in 10 people of those who said they would get the coronavirus vaccine said they believed life would not return to normal without one.
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A new poll published Wednesday revealed that about one in five people would refuse the COVID-19 vaccine as scientists race to create one.

The poll, conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, also found that only about half of Americans would get the vaccine when it becomes available, and 31% are not yet sure if they would get one.

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