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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Only ~14% Of U.S. Adults Have Gotten Latest Covid-19 Vaccine Update
What are we in for???

[url]https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2023/11/18/only-14-of-us-adults-have-gotten-latest-updated-covid-19-vaccine/[/url][/quote]
OP's post might finally be accurate. Best guess is that around 14% of US adults have now received the new covid booster as of February. That is significantly under the 22% figure cited currently by the CDC, based on its NIS phone survey. It is remarkable that the CDC cites NIS results without ever acknowledging how wildly distorted its estimates are. When you compare actual state data with NIS estimates, it appears that CDC/NIS is overstating actual US booster uptake by at least 8 percentage points, more than a 50% overstatement. The CDC has a more accurate series based on actual vaccination data, IQVIA, which shows around 12% of US adults having received the booster. IQVIA tends to mildly understate totals, but is much closer to actual than NIS estimates. Unfortunately, the CDC opts to report IQVIA data in raw numbers which preempts an easy comparison with NIS shares. In public presentations, the CDC cites the wildly inflated NIS share estimates.

CDC NIS covid vaccine phone survey estimates:  https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/imz-managers/coverage/covidvaxview/interactive/adult-coverage-vaccination.html
CDC IQVIA actual covid vaccine data: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/imz-managers/coverage/covidvaxview/interactive/adult-vaccinations-administered.html
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% of Adult Population Receiving New Covid Booster[/b] 
NY Data: 14%, CDC NY Phone Survey 23% -- CDC Overstatement 9%
Virginia Data: 14%, CDC VA Phone Survey 27% -- CDC Overstatement 13%
Florida Data*: 9%, CDC FL Phone Survey 16% -- CDC Overstatement 7%
California Data*: 16%, CDC CA Phone Survey 25% -- CDC Overstatement 9%
* These states report all population boosted shares; 2 percentage points were added to state reported shares to proxy adult shares

NY: https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/updated-covid-19-vaccination-data
VA: https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/epidemiology/respiratory-diseases-in-virginia/data/vaccines/
FL: https://www.flhealthcharts.gov/ChartsDashboards/rdPage.aspx?rdReport=Covid19.Dataviewer
CA: https://covid19.ca.gov/vaccination-progress-data/#overview[/quote]

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