A recent poll has found that a large majority of current and recent CEOs, 72 percent, said they were open to a coronavirus vaccine mandate, reported CNN Money. The survey question, posed by the Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute, was broad and didn't ask whether the mandates would apply to all employees or just those in close contact with others. Nor did it ask whether the CEOs were currently planning to impose such a mandate; it only measured openness to the idea. Many indicated that it was too soon to tell one way or the other, although some raised the possibility that they themselves might not have a choice, depending on circumstance (for example, if a business requires a lot of international travel and countries require visitors to be vaccinated). 

An ABC News poll found that more than 80 percent of Americans want to take the vaccine either as soon as possible or after a while, but they were less enthusiastic about mandates. About 61 percent believe that their state should not require that people get vaccinated before returning to work or school. Broken down by party affiliation, the poll found that 45 percent of Democrats, nearly 75 percent of Republicans and 63 percent of Independents opposed such mandates.