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Public Opinion Survey Analyst, KFF https://www.kff.org/polling/
KFF split bar chart showing the share of U.S. adults, including by party ID, who say they are very or somewhat confident that the vaccines for each of the following are safe: measles, mumps, rubella; pneumonia; shingles; the flu; and COVID-19
And adults in the U.S. are still divided on the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines nearly four years since they were first approved. Just over half express confidence in their safety, including far fewer Republicans.
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KFF stacked bar chart showing the share of U.S. adults, including by party ID, who say that vaccines that use mRNA technology are generally safe, generally unsafe, or that they don't know enough to say.
mRNA technology also remains obscure to much of the public, with about half saying they don't know enough about the technology to say whether it is safe or not
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KFF stacked bar chart showing the shares of U.S. adults, including by party ID and race/ethnicity, who say the false claim that mRNA vaccines can change DNA is definitely true, probably true, probably false, or definitely false
With mRNA vaccines coming under attack in some states, KFF's latest poll finds most of the public is uncertain if mRNA vaccines can change your DNA - a commonly circulated myth. Few think this false claim is definitely true, but larger shares are open to believing it on.kff.org/3Z2MaRG
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Doctors and pediatricians remain trusted sources of reliable vaccine information among most adults, but other sources are polarizing. Republicans are far more likely than others to trust President Trump and Secretary Kennedy for vaccine info and are as likely to trust them as their own doctor
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KFF barbell chart showing the percent of total adults, Democrats, Independents and Republicans who say they have a great deal or fair amount of trust in the FDA and the CDC to provide reliable information about vaccines in April 2025 and in September 2023. The chart shows the share of Democrats who trust the CDC and FDA as a source of reliable vaccine information has declined significantly, while Republican trust has risen.
Meanwhile, Democrats' trust in the CDC and FDA for vaccine information has dropped by about 20 percentage points from where it stood under the Biden administration, while Republican trust has risen by about ten points -- a notable reversal of partisan trends that began during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Fewer than half of the public express confidence in government health agencies to carry out key tasks, with partisans mostly in agreement. Per KFF's latest poll: www.kff.org/health-information-and-trust/poll-finding/kff-tracking-poll-on-health-information-and-trust-vaccine-safety-and-trust/
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Believing or leaning toward believing false claims about measles is also tied to parents’ choices to vaccinate their children. Among parents who say at least one measles myth is definitely or probably true, a quarter say they have delayed or skipped some vaccines for their children.
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Beyond the share of adults who express uncertainty, at least one in five adults believe or lean toward believing false claims about measles and measles vaccines, including at least a third of Republican parents.
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Our new KFF tracking poll on health information and trust finds that most Americans have heard false claims about measles and the measles (MMR) vaccines, and at least half of the public are uncertain if these myths are true are not. www.kff.org/health-infor...
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