COVID booster shots lagging behind flu vaccines: Gallup poll

COVID boosters lagging behind flu vaccines: Gallup Less than half of U.S. adults say they have gotten the annual flu shot this year, and even less received the most recent COVID-19 booster shot, according to a survey released Wednesday. The Gallup … lirwin The Hill

The Gallup poll found that 47 percent of adults said they got the flu shot, and 29 percent received the newest COVID-19 booster. Another 20 percent of respondents said they still plan to get the updated booster shot — but have not yet — and about half, 51 percent, say they do not plan to get the updated COVID-19 vaccine.

“Americans seem to be heeding public health officials’ recommendations to get annual flu shots to a greater degree than they are complying with their advice to get the latest COVID-19 vaccine,” researchers wrote.

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