Q:
To date, upwards of 85 million Americans, a third of all adults, have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. In the latest surveys, 20% of Americans (of whom 43% are Republicans, 22% are independents, and 5% are Democrats, while 15% are teens and young adults) say they will avoid the vaccine.
In an effort to gauge, to an extent that's possible, the long-term recovery of the Las Vegas visitor market, we'd like to compare the latest national survey statistics to our own, which will, perforce, consist of Vegas enthusiasts, notwithstanding an older demographic that will skew the results somewhat in favor of the vaccines.
We took a number of your suggestions, so the poll looks pretty messy, but ... what the heck. It might ask about everything including the kitchen sink, but we figure it'll be more fun this way.
Thanks for all the feedback and we're sure everyone would like to see more comments about this issue.
A:
2796 Total Votes
| I’ve already been fully vaccinated. |
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| I'm an out-of-towner. |
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| I'm 61-70. |
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| I'm 71-80. |
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| I'm 51-60. |
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| I waited to visit Las Vegas until I was fully vaccinated. |
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| I visited Las Vegas before I was fully vaccinated. |
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| I’ve received my first dose and am scheduled for a second. |
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| I'm 41-50. |
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| I’m a local. |
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| I won’t get vaccinated because I'm concerned about side and long-term effects of it. |
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| I definitely won't get vaccinated. |
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| I’m waiting to make a vaccination decision until more long-term data has accumulated. |
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| I'm 81-90. |
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| I’m planning on getting vaccinated. |
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| I won’t get vaccinated because I don't know what's in the shots. |
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| I probably won't get vaccinated. |
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| I haven’t decided yet whether or not I’ll get vaccinated. |
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| I visited Las Vegas between my two doses of vaccine. |
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| I don’t need the vaccine because I’ve already had COVID. |
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| I won’t get vaccinated because it violates my liberties. |
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| I'm 31-40. |
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| I'm 21-30. |
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| I won’t get vaccinated because the vaccines don't work. |
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| I won’t get vaccinated because it’s against my religion. |
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| I won’t get vaccinated because I'm afraid of needles. |
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| I'm 91 or older. |
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| I won’t get vaccinated because I'm young enough not to need to. |
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Analysis
Exactly as expected, given our reader demographic, the most respondents are fully vaccinated out-of-towners over the age of 50 who didn't visit Vegas until after receiving the second or full jab. Meanwhile, more than 100 intrepid travelers damned the torpedoes and visited before they were fully vaccinated. Again, given our Vegasphile respondents, that sounds about right to us.
We have a handful of local readers. A distinct minority are planning either to wait for more data about it or, for various reasons, not get vaccinated at all.
And four poll-takers are under the age of 30, while half that number are over 90. (Which might bode well for the continued existence of the Las Vegas Advisor.)
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