Majorities in U.S. expect COVID-19 treatment and vaccine ahead CONTERTIONALIZED as well as another outbreak % of U.S. adults who say each definitely/probably next 12 months There will be another outbreak The focus on coronavirus will medical treatments % of U.S. adults who say ifa vaccine were available today, they
Looking ahead, there is shared optimism about scientific efforts to confront COVID-19. Large majorities of U.S. adults, and members of both parties, expect the year ahead to include an effective treatment or cure for COVID-19 (83%) as well all as a vaccine to prevent the disease (73%). And 72% of U.S. adults say they would definitely (42%) or probably (30%) get a coronavirus vaccine if one were available today, while about a quarter (27%) say they would not. Majorities across a range of demographic groups say they would get the vaccine. Most Democrats say they would get vaccinated by a margin of 79% to 21%. Republicans are slightly less inclined; 65% say they would definitely or probably get a vaccine while 34% say they would decline.
Majorities in U.S. expect COVID-19 treatment and  | vaccine ahead CONTERTIONALIZED as well as another outbreak  | % of U.S. adults who say each definitely/probably  | in the  | next 12 months  | Will not happen  | Will happen  | There will be an effective  | 16  | 83  | treatment or cure for COVID-19  | There will be another outbreak  | of coronavirus disease after  | 16  | 83  | the first outbreak  | There will be a vaccine to prevent  | 73  | 26  | the coronavirus disease  | The focus on coronavirus will  | 30  | 69  | delay progress on other  | medical treatments  | % of U.S. adults who say ifa vaccine were available today, they  | definitely/probably  | get it  | Would not  | Would  | U.S adults  | 27  | 72  | Note: Respondents who did not give an answer ware not shown.  | Source: Survey conducted April 29-May 5, 2020.  | "Trust in Medical Scientists Has Grown in U.S., but Mainly Among Democrats"  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 