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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This will probably get moved to Health. We have done the shots every fall. We got delayed this year and just got them a few days ago. We got both Covid and flu. Two parents, two teens.

I read recently that the latest Covid shot has only been received by about 20% of US adults and 10% of US children. [/quote]
Those estimates for covid shot uptake are inaccurate and are not based on actual vaccine data. Rather, they come from a CDC telephone survey that has consistently overestimated covid vaccine uptake by large margins for a number of years. However, the CDC continues to publicize its inflated phone survey results and the press continues to report them. By saying that more people are getting the covid vaccine than actually are, they likely hope that more people will take the vaccine. Look at state data if you want accurate data on covid vaccine uptake -- state data is based on actual vaccines administered, not a phone survey. In New York, 9.4% of residents have taken the covid vaccine, concentrated in the elderly. Almost no children have taken it -- less than 3% of NY children 18 years and younger have had the latest covid booster.
https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/covid-19-and-influenza-vaccination-data
https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/covid-19-and-influenza-vaccination-demographics

New York Uptake of 2024-25 covid vaccine, % of population receiving vaccine
All ages 9.4%
Adults 11.2%
0-4 years 2.5%
5-11 years 2.7%
12-18 years 2.9%[/quote]

Thank you for sharing this.  Many people think the vaccine numbers are based on pharmacies or doctors’ office reporting actual numbers of vaccines given, but it is in fact much less reliable phone surveys.

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