2% of kids and 7% of adults have gotten the new COVID shots, US data show

A month after federal officials recommended new versions of COVID-19 vaccines, 7% of U.S. adults and 2% of children have gotten a shot.

One expert called the rates “abysmal.”

The numbers, presented Thursday at a meeting held by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, come from a national survey of thousands of Americans, conducted two weeks ago.

The data also indicated that nearly 40% of adults said they probably or definitely will not get the shot. A similar percentage of parents said they did not plan to vaccinate their children.

GaMEChld,

Is there a newer version than the bivalent one? Are those strains the ones currently circulating?

mcc,

You didn’t know? Covid vaccine is now an annual vaccine, the new one is 2023/2024.

Aleric,

Communication has been absolutely awful. I learned about it through Lemmy. My wife had no idea there is a new one. This is not ideal.

ManosTheHandsOfFate,
@ManosTheHandsOfFate@lemmy.world avatar

I wish there was a way they could have a single vaccine that included both COVID and flu.

afraid_of_zombies,

For ten dollars I am willing to give you both at the same time to see what will happen

Kase,

for what it’s worth, I had both at the same time a couple weeks ago. same shoulder. nothing weird happened, shoulder just felt a bit sore lol

UnspecificGravity,

What were they expecting when the government stopped paying for it? We already know the normal American healthcare system is garbage, this is the result of that.

It cost me $400 to get my gf and her son vaccinated, that’ll get reimbursed by insurance… eventually, probably. That’s going to be a barrier for a lot of people, just like always.

SheeEttin,

They did? I got mine at Walgreens, not even a mention of payment or insurance. I just walked in, got it, walked out.

UnspecificGravity,

Impressive since that means that Walgreens just ate the cost of your shot.

marx2k,

…I doubt that

Dark_Arc,
@Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg avatar

Probably insurance on file?

Maybe not lemmy.world/comment/4842292

Jackcooper,

Hi, I’m a pharmacist

They probably did an eligibility check and found your insurance using the info you provided on the consent form.

If you’re in the non insured group, they are partnered with the government to have it covered regardless

afraid_of_zombies,

Tell them you don’t have insurance, also refuse to show them your ID. The vaccine is free to anyone who wants it in territory controlled by the US government. Last booster I got I stood my ground.

Insurance?

Doesn’t matter since the vaccine is free

So you don’t have insurance?

Again. Vaccine is free.

I need your insurance information.

No, you really don’t. The bill goes to the US government not the insurance company and you are clearly asking so your employer can get me into your system. I don’t have to say anything about my insurance and I won’t. So if you want to write down no on your form you can but I am not going to tell you one way or another.

Anamnesis,

I wonder how many people haven’t gotten it because of inconvenient side effects. Every shot I’ve gotten completely knocks me out for a day. Sweats, fever, aches, basically can’t do anything but lay in bed all day the next day. Better than getting it, but I can’t spare a whole day to be sick just for a vaccine. Can’t afford to take a sick day.

SirStumps,
@SirStumps@lemmy.world avatar

My wife and I got the first two and it knocked us out for almost a week. Not getting it again.

cybersandwich,

I understand what you are saying but if you can’t afford a sick day, you can’t afford to actually get sick with it.

June,

I’ll take that over another round of Covid. Got it last winter and it knocked me out for 10 days

doggle,

Got it yesterday. Shoulder is sore as hell, but it’s not nearly as bad as actually having COVID. Still, yeah it’s a huge barrier.

klemptor,

I got J&J the first time around and it made me sleep the rest of the day, just absolutely walloped me. But every booster I’ve had since then was super easy - no side-effects whatsoever except mild injection site soreness which went away in a day. I got the latest booster on Tuesday and by the end of the day I’d forgotten I even got it until I undressed for bed and saw the bandaid.

winterayars,

It does for me too but i got COVID way back at the start, before there were vaccines or stuff, and it’s probably the sickest i’ve ever been. The only contenders were getting stomach flu in the middle of the Boundary Water Canoe Area or that time i got swine flu. The former i thought my insides were shutting down, it was misery. The latter my with made me come in even though i was sick and the rest of the workplace got it and a bunch of people ended up in the hospital. COVID was more recent so there’s some bias there but it was at least top 3.

I’m getting whatever vaccination i can until there’s clearly no more need.

afraid_of_zombies,

Just get it and go to work sick. They must want that since they limited your sick time. Either that or do it as late as possible Sunday night

halferect,

I think it’s the fact it’s hard to find, at least in my state it was difficult, every place either was fully booked or had none. I had planned originally to go to my community center for a Vax day and then it was canceled because they had none

blattrules,

CVS has been pretty reliably on top of both of the updated vaccine rollouts and has them in stock. I got it with the flu shot a month ago now and had no trouble finding it.

halferect,

Yeah I think now it’s no problem but the roll out was terrible, I bet the numbers go up now that it’s widely available

Anamnesis,

My Safeway still doesn’t have it.

marx2k,

I got mine at Costco. Flu shot in one arm, covid in the other

MeekerThanBeaker,

Guess my wife and I are part of the 7%-ers. We got ours last Saturday. CVS has plenty of appointments. I was fine, arm a little sore the next day. My wife pretty much slept most of the weekend. She’s fine now too.

Wrench,

I was cross eyed for half a day the next day.

But a day after that, completely fine. If that knocks off a couple weeks of shitty covid symptoms, that’s a massive win to me.

Schm1tty,

I just got mine along with a flu vaccine yesterday. At around 5pm I went to the CVS website and made an appointment for 2 hours later, it was pretty simple.

mojo,

It’s not really well broadcasted, I got it by pure chance when I asked about it while getting my flu vax. Also I’m sure plenty are fatigued from shots at this point and stopped caring.

salton,

It took incredible effort to get almost anyone to take COVID seriously when millions of people were dying. It’s probably better to just keep it out of the news so the most unstable among us don’t try to interrupt needed medical care.

frickineh,

I suspect a lot of people will, it’s just been an issue of supply - nextdoor has been full of posts from people saying they went to nearby pharmacies and no one had it. Kaiser was doing it by appointment to make sure they had enough, but they just called me this week to say I can do a walk-in now. My appointment is Friday, so no real sense changing it, but it’s nice that it’s more accessible.

linuxfiend,
linuxfiend avatar

Tried to get one at my PCP and was told I had to go to a pharmacy. Went to my pharmacy and they haven't received it yet. Checked in again today and they still don't have it.

TipRing,

In the US the previous vaccine rollouts were managed by a 4-star General who handled the logistics so well it seemed like vaccines ‘magically’ appeared where and when they were needed. This year was the first time doing it completely in the private sector and we are witnessing how good corporations are at bungling an operation that features a clear playbook from the prior two years.

Tronn4,

Til there’s another one. Not sarcastic but yeah I didn’t know it was available

Fizz,
@Fizz@lemmy.nz avatar

People are over covid. No one cares about it anymore. I think this is due to bad government messaging during covid.

salton,

You can blame the messaging but I blame the over abundance of selfish morons in the population.

hiddengoat,

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    Hildegarde,

    The CDC was part of that.

    Faucci was right about masks because he has publicly endorsed every possible stance on the subject during the pandemic.

    hiddengoat,

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    Hildegarde,

    Send your replies to a scarecrow. This is the most strawman argument I have ever seen.

    Faucci did a terrible job during the pandemic. He made the CDC sound untrustworthy, which is the worst possible thing to do during a pandemic.

    Science is slow. It takes time to find the truth, and science will draw some wrong conclusions that eventually need to be disproven. I understand this. The layperson does not.

    It is truly damaging and reckless for the head of the CDC to come out, with full confidence, telling everyone that masks do not work in early 2020. There was not enough evidence to be certain at the time. Instead of honestly, and clearly stating the level of certanty behind the CDC’s statements early in the pandemic. By not doing this, Faucci fundimentially undermined the credibility of the CDC.

    That is a major contributing factor in making the facts about covid so divisive.

    HallowellNash,

    Wife and I got our boosters a few days ago, and had no issues other than a little soreness the next day. I do think that the pharmacies and doctors aren’t promoting it like they have done before. Not even a sign up at our pharmacy that the Covid booster was available. They advertise the Flu shot, but not Covid.

    Voytrekk,
    @Voytrekk@lemmy.world avatar

    Isn’t the biggest issue with distribution? I asked to get the shot last month along with my flu shot at my doctor’s and they weren’t given any.

    Zikeji,
    @Zikeji@programming.dev avatar

    Same. I have a follow-up appointment in half a month and I’ll ask about it again, otherwise I’ll just find a pharmacy.

    holycrapwtfatheism,

    A month ago when I looked there were none. Today every pharmacy in my area has them including grocery stores. Give it another check and see.

    vagrantprodigy,

    I went out the doctor last week, and they not only didn’t offer it, they acted like I was insane for asking, and for wearing a mask into a building full of sick people. The medical profession in the US needs a major overhaul.

    PetDinosaurs,

    That’s weirdly 180 degrees opposite of my experience.

    Are you sure you’re being 100% honest? Where do you live? There are ads for these at my grocery store. Not to mention the doctors office, and they still ask you to wear masks.

    Of course, wearing masks is what we should do if we suspect we’re sick. It’s the sick/well kid’s waiting room at the pediatrician.

    RedditReject,

    I had a similar experience. Life is different in some red states.

    PetDinosaurs,

    I live in a red state.

    Jakeroxs,

    I took live in a red state, and went to the doctor a couple months back and they mentioned the new covid vaccine would be coming soon.

    vagrantprodigy,

    Yes, that’s life in the South sadly. I haven’t seen a doctor wear a mask in two years.

    DoomBot5,

    Might need to find a new doctor or state.

    vagrantprodigy,

    Working on both, but neither is fast. It took me 3 months to get into this doctor, only to find out they are a nut job.

    RedditReject,

    That was my experience. They gave me a flu shot, but didn’t even mention COVID. I just went to the drug store and got one there.

    TipRing,

    I got covid a week before the shots came out, I’m waiting until February per my docs recommendation.

    Very_Bad_Janet,

    I believe this is one of the main reasons for low uptake right now.. Many people have gotten COVID once students returned to school in late August/early September. They should've released the COVID vaccine early August - waiting to couple it with the flu vaccine was a terrible idea.

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