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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]
The CDC is providing estimates for the uptake of the 2023-24 covid vaccine from its National Immunization Surveys (NIS), despite the CDC acknowledging that its self-reported NIS phone survey over-estimated covid vaccine uptake last year. https://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/whats-new/vaccine-equity.html   So how is the NIS doing currently? The CDC stopped publishing actual covid vaccination data in May 2023. However, individual states are continuing to report actual vaccine data and we can compare those to current NIS state estimates. Wisconsin reports that 14% of WI adults had taken the new vaccine as of Dec 14 whereas the NIS survey estimates that 22% of WI adults had taken it as of Dec 2. That is a significant difference. If you go back further in time, a similar pattern emerges. As of May 2023, WI data showed that 28% of WI adults had taken last year's bivalent booster whereas NIS estimated that 41% of WI adults had taken it. An even greater gap.

Given that NIS estimates for covid vaccine uptake are consistently and significantly inflated compared to actual vaccine uptake, NIS estimates should not be used as a proxy for actual uptake of the new 2023-24 covid vaccine. While NIS currently reports that 17% of US adults have taken the new covid vaccine, the actual figure is likely closer to 10% nationally based on historical/current comparisons.

WI 2023-24 Actual Covid Vaccine Data: https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/immunization/covid-19-vaccine-data.htm
NIS State 2023-24 Covid Vaccine Estimates: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/imz-managers/coverage/covidvaxview/interactive/adult-coverage-vaccination.html 
CDC Historical Actual Covid Vaccine Data: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations_vacc-people-booster-percent-pop18
NIS Historical Covid Vaccine Estimates: https://data.cdc.gov/Vaccinations/National-Immunization-Survey-Adult-COVID-Module-NI/akkj-j5ru/data_preview[/quote]

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