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Poll: Over 1 billion people worldwide unwilling to get COVID-19 vaccine, global herd immunity at risk

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WASHINGTON - A recent Gallup poll estimated that more than 1 billion people across the globe were unwilling to get the COVID-19 vaccine during the first year of the pandemic, making it harder for the world to reach herd immunity.Researchers surveyed 116 countries and calculated only 68% of adults were willing to get inoculated, still below the 70-90% scientists believe is needed to reach herd immunity.The survey also revealed that 32% of adults, or 1.3 billion people, said they would not take the vaccine.When broken down by individual countries, Myanmar had the highest percentage of adults willing to get the vaccine at 96%.

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