A month after federal officials recommended new versions of COVID-19 vaccines, 7% of U.S. adults and 2% of children have gotten a shot.
One expert called the rates “abysmal.”
The numbers, presented Thursday at a meeting held by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, come from a national survey of thousands of Americans, conducted two weeks ago.
The data also indicated that nearly 40% of adults said they probably or definitely will not get the shot. A similar percentage of parents said they did not plan to vaccinate their children.
I got covid a week before the shots came out, I’m waiting until February per my docs recommendation.
I believe this is one of the main reasons for low uptake right now… Many people have gotten COVID once students returned to school in late August/early September. They should’ve released the COVID vaccine early August - waiting to couple it with the flu vaccine was a terrible idea.