IDFA Poll Shows Support for Food Workers Being Among First to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an International Dairy Food Association (IDFA) poll conducted by Morning Consult from Dec. 4-7 among a national sample of 2,200 adults, 71% support companies and employers partnering with public health agencies at local and state levels to aid in the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine to employees. The same poll found more than four in five adults believe food workers — manufacturing, retail and farm workers, among others — should be made a priority when it comes to being among the first to receive the coronavirus vaccine.

 

The full survey findings and graphical presentations of data may be found at www.idfa.org/vaccinesurvey. Key findings from the survey include: 

 

• More than four in five adults agree that grocery store workers (89%), farm workers (85%) and agricultural and food production (86%) workers are essential workers. 

 

• Seven in 10 adults (71%) support companies and employers partnering with public health agencies at local and state levels to aid in the distribution of the vaccine to employees. 

 

• A bipartisan majority of adults support private companies and employers partnering with public health agencies at local and state levels to aid in the distribution of the vaccine to employees.  

 

• More than four in five adults believe grocery store workers (90%), agriculture and food production workers (85%), and farm workers (82%) should be made a priority when it comes to being among the first to receive the vaccine.

 

• More than four in five Democrats, independents and Republicans believe food and agriculture production workers should be made a priority when it comes to being among the first to receive the vaccine.

 

• Two-thirds of adults (65%) report they are likely to get the vaccine while a third (35%) report they are unlikely to. 

 

• While a majority of adults report they are likely to get the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available, Democrats and older adults are the most likely to report they are likely to get the vaccine