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    Not all the unvaccinated are diehards, but the ‘wait and see’ crowd is shrinking

    by Emily Alpert Reyes and Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times Nov 04, 2021 6 minutes

    LOS ANGELES — When Dr. Regina Chinsio-Kwong stopped by an Orange County vaccination site in late October, she asked people why they had waited so long to get their COVID-19 shots.

    Some said they had not made the time, she said. One was nervous about needles, but had been prodded by an employer mandate.

    “It’s not that they were against vaccines, but they just need that extra push,” said Chinsio-Kwong, a deputy health officer with the Orange County Health Care Agency.

    Not all unvaccinated people have totally ruled out the shots. Some say they will “wait and see” about getting vaccinated, or will do so “only if required,” recent surveys from the Kaiser Family Foundation show.

    But that group — those who are unvaccinated but still open to the idea — appears to be shrinking, the survey shows. Between March and October, the percentage who said they would either “wait and see” about the shots or get vaccinated only if it were required dropped from 24% to 9% of respondents.

    During that time, the portion of people who

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