vial of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine
© vial of the Johnson & Johnson vaccineAn Army nurse holds a vial of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine at the FEMA-supported COVID-19 vaccination site at Valencia State College on April 25
About 3 in 4 unvaccinated adult Americans are unwilling to get the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, a Washington Post-ABC News poll out Monday indicates.

Why it matters: Less than half of all U.S. adults polled said they thought the J&J shot โ€” which presents fewer logistical challenges than the more temperature-controlled, two-shot Pfizer and Moderna vaccines โ€” is safe. What they found: Roughly half of the unvaccinated adults who were polled said that the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines are safe. Fewer than 1 in 3 said the same for Johnson & Johnson.
  • A majority of the 44% who said in the poll that they were unvaccinated indicated that they definitely or probably not get inoculated.
  • Republican-leaning adults aged 18 to 39 were the most reluctant to get vaccinated in the Post-ABC News poll โ€” 55% said they definitely or probably would not get immunized.
Methodology: Post-ABC News poll conducted by telephone among a random national sample of 1,007 adults from April 18-21. 75% were reached on cellphones and 25% on landlines. Margin of error ยฑ 3.5 percentage points for full sample.