US adults cite misbeliefs about eligibility, immunity for not getting COVID booster --poll

US adults cite misbeliefs about eligibility, immunity for not getting COVID booster The most-cited reasons for not getting new COVID-19 boosters were lack of awareness about eligibility and overestimations of their own existing immunity. CIDRAP

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After participants were given information on eligibility and availability, 67.8% of those who hadn't gotten a booster said that they would pursue one; a survey 1 month later showed that 28.6% of these participants had done so.

Of those who said they would receive a booster but hadn't done so, 82.6% said they still planned to. The most often-cited reasons for not having gotten one were that they were too busy (35.6%), forgot (22.7%), or were worried about side effects (22.7%).

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