Will You Get A Coronavirus Vaccine? Take Patch's NJ Survey

NEW JERSEY — The world has been eagerly awaiting the emergence of vaccines to provide the first major pushback against the coronavirus. But not everyone is clamoring to get it once one becomes available.

The first COVID-19 vaccines are expected in New Jersey this month. Pfizer's vaccine was approved overnight in the United Kingdom and is up for emergency use authorization in the United States next week. Moderna is hoping for the same for its vaccine the following week.

How do you feel about it? Will you take it? Please fill out the Patch survey below.

Gov. Phil Murphy announced Friday that the state will receive 76,000 doses of Pfizer's vaccine. Several hospitals will test the effectiveness of their storage freezers holding them. Murphy expects 300,000 to 500,000 vaccine doses in New Jersey by the end of December. Read more: NJ Streamlines Vaccine Distribution, Provides New Timing Details

Murphy said he streamlined the process of distributing the vaccine by signing an executive order allowing people to opt out of, rather than opt in to, receiving the coronavirus vaccine once it's publicly available.

"Everybody is in, and you will have a chance at the end of the public health crisis within 30 days to opt out," he said. "This doesn't mean you'll be forced to take a vaccine."

So Patch wants to know: How do you feel about the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccines? Do you plan on taking it as soon as one becomes available to you? Has the politicization of the vaccine and virus impacted your feelings on it?

The survey is not meant to be a scientific poll, with random sampling and margins of error, but is meant only to gauge the sentiments of our readers in an informal way. Submissions end Wednesday morning.

With reporting from Kara Seymour/Patch