Elvis convinced people to take Polio vaccine, could a famous Washingtonian do the same for COVID? December 16, 2020 at 1:39 pm Allison Miller, a nurse, administers a COVID-19 vaccine to Alan Goto, a paramedic with the Seattle Fire Department, at the UW Medical Center on Dec.15, 2020 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images) The first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine rolled out in Washington on Tuesday morning. The big question now, though, is whether enough people are willing to get the injection when it’s available to the public. According to a Gallup poll from October, 58% of Americans said they’d be willing to get vaccinated, which is up from previous surveys, but still might not be enough to reach herd immunity.