Nearly two-thirds of U.S. adults aren’t planning to get the latest COVID-19 booster shot anytime soon, according to a survey conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), a health policy nonprofit.
Only a third of adults surveyed said they had already received their latest shot or were planning to get a booster as soon as possible. vote found.
About 18% said they would wait and see if new Booster Shots arrived, while 10% said they would only receive them if they needed them. About 12% of the adults surveyed said they could never be vaccinated, and 27% said they were ineligible because they were not fully vaccinated.
About 7.6 million people received the latest injection in the first four weeks after the booster became available, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released Thursday. This represents about 3.5% of her 215.5 million people in the United States over the age of 12 who are eligible to be vaccinated because they have completed primary vaccination.
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Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved an improved version of the Pfizer/Biontech and Moderna vaccines to protect against the Omicron subspecies.
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The reconstituted shots target both the original strain of coronavirus and the Omicron BA.4/BA.5 variant that many have caught.
The latest KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor survey found that awareness of the updated booster was relatively low, with about half of adults having heard about the new vaccine “often” (17%) or “somewhat” (33%). I answered that there is .
Additionally, about 40% of fully vaccinated adults say they are unsure whether new COVID-19 boosters are recommended. The CDC recommends that everyone ages 12 and older get her modified COVID-19 booster at least two months after receiving a full vaccination.
For the study, KFF surveyed 1,534 adults from September 15th to September 26th.
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Reuters contributed to this report.