As more frontline health care workers and elected officials receive their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, public confidence is beginning to grow, according to a recent Google survey of Texas residents. The survey asked Texans to rate their trust in the new vaccine on a 10-point scale, with 10 showing the most confidence. Out of 501 Texans surveyed from Sept. 26 to Oct. 6, only 23% of them — 119 in all — answered between 8 to 10, expressing great confidence in the vaccine. Between Dec. 10 and Dec. 19, about two months after the first poll, 501 Texans were asked the same question. In Texas, hospital officials and elected officials have publicly broadcast vaccinations in an effort to improve confidence in the vaccine.