Poll: Majority favor vaccine mandates for certain workplaces, crowded events

A majority of Americans say they favor vaccine requirements for participating in crowded events or airplane travel, in addition to mandates for certain professions.

The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll released Friday found that 56 percent of respondents said they were strongly or somewhat in favor of requiring Americans to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to attend crowded events such as movies or concerts. Twenty-seven percent said they were strongly or somewhat opposed to it.

Just over half of people were in favor of those requirements for going to a restaurant or bar, while 57 percent were in favor of it when it came to airplane travel.

The highest percentage of respondents said that they were in favor of requiring health care and hospital workers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19: 62 percent, compared to 19 percent who opposed it.

The poll found that 58 percent of respondents were in favor of requiring people who interact with the public to be fully vaccinated. Over half of those polled were also in favor of requiring members of the military and government workers to be fully vaccinated — 56 percent and 55 percent, respectively.