More than a month after federal officials recommended a new version of the COVID-19 vaccines, 7% of U.S. adults and 2% of children have gotten a shot.

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.

    • @NegativeInf@lemmy.world
      32•8 months ago

      • CDC recommends the 2023–2024 updated COVID-19 vaccines: Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, or Novavax, to protect against serious illness from COVID-19.

      • Everyone aged 5 years and older ‡ should get 1 dose of an updated COVID-19 vaccine to protect against serious illness from COVID-19.

      • Children aged 6 months–4 years need multiple doses of COVID-19 vaccines to be up to date, including at least 1 dose of updated COVID-19 vaccine.

      • People who are moderately or severely immunocompromised may get additional doses of updated COVID-19 vaccine.

      • COVID-19 vaccine recommendations will be updated as needed.

      Per the CDC.

    • @TurboDiesel@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12•8 months ago

      My understanding is they’re most likely going to move to a system like flu shots; you’ll get one a year for whichever variants are predicted to be most prevalent. (At least that’s what my GP thinks is most likely)

      The reason they’re pushing these new vaccines in particular is because the current circulating variant is different enough to merit them.

      Edit: They’re developing a combo COVID/flu vaccine. See here

    • @shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8•8 months ago

      It is a confusing mess. I got the first 3 and dropped out.

      And BTW everyone, let’s downvote this fucker for expressing uncertainty and asking questions!

      (And look at the good info @NegativeInf provided. And I’m still confused. Guess I just go down to CVS and ask if they got a shot for me? Every month or two? Or just check the CDC site constantly?)