Survey: Atheists Are More Likely to Get Vaccinated Than Any Religious Group

[progressoid]

Crossposted in GD

According to a new survey from the Pew Research Center, atheists are more likely to get the COVID vaccine than any other religious demographic.

White evangelicals, as usual, trail everybody else.



90% of atheists — not “Nones,” but atheists specifically — say they will “definitely” or “probably” get a vaccine or that they’ve already received one shot. On the other end of the spectrum, only 54% of white evangelicals say the same thing.

10% of atheists say they have no plans to get a shot compared to 45% of white evangelicals.

These answers seem to fall right in line with how the two groups feel about science, medicine, and their understanding of the virus. When you accept the science, and you understand the protection that the vaccine provides, getting a shot is a no-brainer. (Even then, of course, there are a handful of atheists who accept conspiracy theories.) But there are a hell of a lot more white evangelicals who fall for similar nonsense, see science as an enemy of faith, and really don’t trust the Democrats in power to handle this properly. Ask them to explain how the virus works, and many of the answers will range from “sin” to echoing some Donald Trump lie.

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/03/06/survey-atheists-are-more-likely-to-get-vaccinated-than-any-religious-group/?fbclid=IwAR2VEc6LiFSs2x-V-ci_MM3qt1ILw3J0F_3Hl0sYES5nT-2MwX2V8F8u6lQ

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. Because we are smarter

[Karadeniz]

2. I'm confused. The 62-77-71 numbers...they can't be %'s, because they're more than 100%. If they're

The numbers polled, it's a pretty small sample. The subcategories' numbers don't seem related to their categories. 54 + 72 + 64 doesn't add up to 62 and again can't be %'s.

I'm sure I'm being dense somehow and someone can explain it.

Were Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, etc. surveyed?

[progressoid]

5. 62% of Protestants will get vaccinated.

77% of Catholics will.

71% of Unaffiliated will.

I think it came from this poll: https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2021/03/05/growing-share-of-americans-say-they-plan-to-get-a-covid-19-vaccine--or-already-have/?utm_content=buffer20458&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

[Karadeniz]

9. Thanks... must be having a senior moment!

[tblue37]

3. Rational choices are governed by reason.

[PoliticAverse]

4. Can atheists really be called a "religious group"? n/t

[progressoid]

6. Yeah, I noticed that too.

kind of an goofy way to categorize us.

[PoliticAverse]

7. "Un-religious groups more likely to be vaccinated". n/t

[TlalocW]

8. How dare you ask that

Now you have to answer to me... the Atheist Pope.

I sentence you to learning the Greek alphabet and reading, "The Demon-Haunted World," by Carl Sagan. Go in peace... and knowledge.

TlalocW

[Lettuce Be]

10. I would not call Atheists and/or Agnostics a religious group. That's an oxymoron IMO