May 25, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — After an initial rush, more than half of the U.S. population seems in little hurry to get their own COVID-19 vaccinations, yet vaccine activists remain committed to increasing complaints with sticks rather than carrots.
As of May 23, more than 130 million Americans have fully taken one of the three abortion-tainted COVID-19 vaccines with emergency-use authorization in the United States, or 39.2% of the population. Among the states, the highest vaccination percentage in the country is Maine at 51.9%.
For weeks, numerous observers have bemoaned the fact that the vaccination rate “has stalled” after “months of growth,” as an April New York Magazine piece put it.
“The main reason those who plan not to be vaccinated give for their reluctance is a preference to wait and confirm it is safe (24%) or doubting that the health effects from the disease would be serious if they contracted it (21%),” Gallup reports. “Another 17% are concerned about the speed with which the vaccine was developed, and 16% do not trust vaccines in general. Fewer attributed their unwillingness to other causes.”
This hesitancy has elicited intense hostility from many public personalities. USA Today columnist Michael Stern calls for
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