National Survey of 1,000 American Adults Conducted December 28-30, 2022 By Rasmussen Reports

Americans are more aware than the media would make you believe: 28% even think it’s “Very Likely,” that side effects of COVID-19 vaccines have caused a significant number of unexplained deaths.

48% think there are legitimate reasons to be concerned about the safety of COVID-19 vaccines.

Have you received a COVID-19 vaccination?

71% yes

26% no

3% not sure

How likely is it that side effects of COVID-19 vaccines have caused a significant number of unexplained deaths?

28% very likely

21% somewhat likely

20% not very likely

17% not at all likely

14% not sure

Do you personally know anyone whose death you think may have been caused by side effects of COVID-19 vaccines?

28% yes

61% no

10% not sure

Which is closer to your belief, that there are legitimate reasons to be concerned about the safety of COVID-19 vaccines, or that people who worry about vaccine safety are spreading conspiracy theories?

48% there are legitimate reasons to be concerned about the safety of COVID-19 vaccines

37% people who worry about vaccine safety are spreading conspiracy theories

15% not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence