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American women arm or weary than men in the U.
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About a fast rollout of rapidly developed cove in 19 vaccines.
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That's according to a new Reuters Ipsos poll, and it presents a potential challenge toe efforts to immunize the public.
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The survey, conducted in the first week of December, showed that 35% of women said they were not very or not at all interested in getting a vaccine Onley.
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55% of women said they were very or somewhat interested in getting vaccinated.
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That's a fall since a similar poll back in May.
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Meanwhile, 68% of men said they would get vaccinated, which is unchanged from May.
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Overall, only 61% of Americans said they're open to getting vaccinated.
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That's a 4% drop since the spring poll.
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Convincing women to accept the vaccine will be critical to slowing the spread of the virus, according to a behavioral scientist.
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That's because mothers tend to be the ones who make doctor's appointments and keep up with immunizations.
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60% of the women who were not interested said they were nervous about getting vaccinated right away with a new vaccine that has been approved so quickly.
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More than a third of those questions said they weren't interested in a covert vaccine because they don't trust the companies making them, and 27% said they don't think it vaccine will adequately protect them.