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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Science
Maya Yang

Only half of Americans plan to get Covid or flu vaccinations this year – study

Bottles of Covid vaccine.
Only 43% of Americans plan to get the Covid vaccine this year. Photograph: Mark J Terrill/AP

Less than half of Americans plan to get their Covid-19 vaccine this year, according to a new survey, and slightly more than half plan to get a flu shot.

In a new report released on Thursday, the Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center found that 37% of Americans have gotten vaccines in the past but do not plan to this year. The same percentage of respondents said they do not need any of the vaccines surveyed in the poll, including those against the flu, Covid-19, pneumococcal and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), the report stated.

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