Over one-third of Israelis, 37%, say they would not get vaccinated against the coronavirus, according to a new Israel Hayom poll. While 19% would neither confirm nor deny they planned to get vaccinated, 44% of respondents said they planned to get the vaccine.
The older the respondent, the more likely they were to say they planned to be inoculated. Among respondents 65 and older, 63% said they would get vaccinated, while 20% said they would refuse the vaccine. Among 50-to-64-year-olds, 49% said they would receive the vaccine, while 32% said they wouldn't get inoculated.
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Less than half of 30- to 50-year-olds surveyed, 42%, said they would get vaccinated. Among 18- to 30-year-olds, just 34% said they would get vaccinated, 48% said they would refuse.
At 57%, secular Jews were the most likely to say they would get inoculated, followed by national religious Jews at 43%, and self-defined traditional Jews at 38%.
The survey found that just 35% of Israel's Christian and Muslim Arab population and 26% of its Haredi and formerly Haredi population said they would get vaccinated.
When it comes to mask-wearing and social distancing, however, 93% of Israelis said they adhere to Health Ministry guidelines compared to 4% who said they did not.
Israel received its first shipment of 3,000-4,000 Pfizer coronavirus vaccines on Wednesday and is set to begin inoculating citizens on Dec. 27.
The Health Ministry has yet to launch a campaign aimed at encouraging the general public to get vaccinated, preferring to focus its efforts on medical workers at this time. In the meantime, both the Israel Pediatric Association and the Israel Society for Infectious Diseases have been involved in efforts to educate the public on the benefits of the vaccine.
The survey of 525 individuals was carried out by the Maagar Mochot research institute.
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