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.

  • @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