2% of kids and 7% of adults have gotten the new COVID shots, US data show
2% of kids and 7% of adults have gotten the new COVID shots, US data show
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.
Just got mine today. There were a couple hiccups for me though.
First is communication. I didn't know these were available until a family member mentioned it. The pharmacy has signs for flu shots, why not covid?
Second, supply. I tried making an appointment a week ago, but they didn't have any, so I had to wait until now.
Finally is insurance. My provider is fantastically opaque about whether they'd cover it. I didn't know if I'd have to pay for the shot until I saw $0 on the receipt.
To say this has been fumbled would be an understatement. I'm not convinced that any agencies or companies are even trying to get people vaxxed.
What were they expecting when the government stopped paying for it? We already know the normal American healthcare system is garbage, this is the result of that.
It cost me $400 to get my gf and her son vaccinated, that'll get reimbursed by insurance... eventually, probably. That's going to be a barrier for a lot of people, just like always.
Til there's another one. Not sarcastic but yeah I didn't know it was available
I wonder how many people haven't gotten it because of inconvenient side effects. Every shot I've gotten completely knocks me out for a day. Sweats, fever, aches, basically can't do anything but lay in bed all day the next day. Better than getting it, but I can't spare a whole day to be sick just for a vaccine. Can't afford to take a sick day.
I sure as hell got it. I'm no fool.
I have small children. I've had COVID three times (that I'm aware of; the last time I got it I just thought I had allergies and did a home test on a lark that was positive).
Having small children in daycare/early grade school, where if your kid has covid means parents have to take five days off of work to stay home with their kids to follow the isolation protocols means kids are always being sent in with covid and parents don't report it, because then they have to follow an isolation protocol instead of their best judgment. Every time I've got covid, I caught it from my kids, who get it from other kids. I imagine I'm about as immunized as you can be at this point.
When our kids are positive, we keep them home and follow the isolation protocols, which is a privilege we have. But, I'll be honest: seems pretty fucking pointless. And each time they've gotten it, we only know because we randomly test them when I hear other parents mentioning they had covid but the kids seemed fine so they sent them in. They've had symptoms once. They've had several colds that have been AWFUL, but none of those were covid.
Covid for my kids is a positive test. That's usually the only symptom. I can understand why parents just send them in to school. Yet there are no formal policies requiring a pediatrician visit and a negative test for the flu, or for a bad cold. Just COVID.
It's really, really absurd, and working parents that I know just treat covid like any other cold: if it's bad enough that the kids are miserable, they stay home, otherwise, they go in. It's not the case if you have an immunodeficiency or are very old, but that's true of every illness for those groups. As far as I can tell, parents have moved past covid. It's just another illness that kids get.
Young children get sick as often as 12-18 times a year. Acting like covid, which has been in the population for some time now, is still some big bogeyman does an injustice to the actual illnesses that cause disruption. Frankly, it's a virus that has now become a political bellwether, which is incredibly, incredibly stupid.
Idk about everyone else, but this is getting ridiculous now for our family. We're doing our best to continue to follow guidance, but even the pediatrics department basically rolls their eyes about covid, because overworked parents have to come in and get a permission slip to send their kids back to school.
Go to an independent pharmacy and get it. Thx.
We didn't do it like the first round. There should just be public centers established and people go there. Now they are saying you can only get them at pharmacies and with insurance. So of course it is a failure. The harder you make something the less people will do it.
I just got mine along with a flu vaccine yesterday. At around 5pm I went to the CVS website and made an appointment for 2 hours later, it was pretty simple.
I suspect a lot of people will, it's just been an issue of supply - nextdoor has been full of posts from people saying they went to nearby pharmacies and no one had it. Kaiser was doing it by appointment to make sure they had enough, but they just called me this week to say I can do a walk-in now. My appointment is Friday, so no real sense changing it, but it's nice that it's more accessible.
I forgor 💀
I guess I am stupid but I thought we were supposed to wait until the critical risk group got them first. Well, alright I will get the 5th booster this weekend.
Thanks lemmy
Wife and I got our boosters a few days ago, and had no issues other than a little soreness the next day. I do think that the pharmacies and doctors aren't promoting it like they have done before. Not even a sign up at our pharmacy that the Covid booster was available. They advertise the Flu shot, but not Covid.
Mine is scheduled for next week, so that I have maximum protection through the end of February.
A lot of pharmacies don't have it yet.
What did they think was going to happen when they stopped operating public vaccination sites?
I was waiting until a little closer to Thanksgiving, but I just had a long extended exposure, so now I'm just waiting 5 days so if that if I just got exposed i can wait for Christmas to extend my immunity
I got the jab plus two boosters and I still got Covid twice. I credit the vaccine for helping my body prepare itself to fight it off, but I feel like my immunity is high enough at this point to not concern myself with getting an annual booster, especially if I have to pay for it out of pocket. Plus the side effects are pretty severe compared to the mild viral symptoms I usually experience.
While the daily number of cases and deaths are announced every day, why did the governments not disclose the vaccinated/unvaccinated rates in the number of cases and deaths, so that we could understand the difference (if any) ?