Coronavirus Watch: When there's a vaccine, will you get it?

When we finally find an effective vaccine for the novel coronavirus, would you be willing to get it?

Only about one-third of Americans say they would, according to a poll released last month – virtually unchanged since the spring.

That's a problem because the pandemic can't end without a vaccine that the majority of Americans are willing to take, said Dr. Lindsey Baden, director of infectious disease clinical research at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Here's what health experts say we need to do to make that happen.

It's Friday, and this is the Coronavirus Watch from the Paste BN Network. Here is the most significant news of the day, as of 2 p.m. ET:

• Bowling alleys, gyms, museums and other low-risk indoor cultural venues will soon be allowed to open in New York with strict COVID-19 rules, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday.
• California ordered a private school to shut down after it reopened in defiance of a state health order aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus. The school, with about 600 students, allowed students into classes Thursday without masks or social distancing.
• Hawaii Gov. David Ige is considering another stay-at-home order for Oahu and may delay the start of a program that allows tourists to visit as COVID-19 cases spiked in the state. On Thursday, the state reported a new daily record of 355 infections and a total of 40 deaths. 
• President Donald Trump offered conflicting statements Thursday about whether he opposes supplementary funding for the U.S. Postal Service, which has been hit hard by the pandemic.
• Coronavirus stimulus negotiations are at a standstill: Congressional Democrats blamed Republicans on Thursday, while Republicans blamed Democrats, and Trump suggested that talks for a stimulus package are doomed.
• New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Friday that the government was extending lockdown orders for 12 more days in Auckland, the country's most populous city, after a fresh outbreak of COVID-19 cases was detected this week.

Today's numbers: The U.S. has 5.2 million confirmed infections and more than 167,000 deaths. Worldwide, there have been more than 760,000 deaths and more than 20.9 million cases, according to John Hopkins University data. See the numbers in your area here, and check out where cases are rising here.

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– Grace Hauck, Paste BN breaking news reporter, @grace_hauck