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Poll: Most Adults Do Not Expect to Get a COVID-19 Shot This Fall; Many Parents Confused About Recommendations for Children

As federal vaccine policy changes, this poll finds that most adults do not expect to get a COVID-19 vaccine this fall , and many parents are confused and uncertain about whether the vaccine is recommended for healthy children this year. About one in adults nationally say the changes to vaccine policy are making people safer, while more than a third say they are making people less safe.

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COVID Vaccine Concerns

Narratives about an FDA memo claiming COVID-19 vaccines caused 10 pediatric deaths have evolved from focusing on the unverified claims to framing the announcement as evidence of a broader government “cover-up,” as some have characterized it as vindication for those previously “silenced” for raising vaccine safety concerns.

Changing COVID-19 Booster Policies

Misinformation about COVID-19 Vaccines

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Debunked Study Undermines COVID-19 Vaccine Recommendations

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This tracker provides the number of cases and deaths from novel coronavirus by country, the trend in case and death counts by country, and a global map of showing which countries have cases and deaths.

COVID-19 and Related State Data

Use this tool to create custom reports of COVID-19 and related state data. Group COVID-19 cases and deaths with indicators like total hospitalizations, vaccinations and mental illness.

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  • New Analysis: In Pursuit of a National Vaccination Benchmark, Hispanic and Black People’s Rates Projected to Lag Behind

    News Release

    Much attention has focused on President Biden’s stated goal of vaccinating 70% of U.S. adults by July 4th. While achieving a high overall vaccination rate is important for recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, a new analysis of people ages 12 and older—a different population than President Biden’s goal, but one that is currently eligible for vaccination—projects that 65% will have received at least one dose by July 4th, but 63% of Hispanic people and only…

  • KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor: Profile Of The Unvaccinated

    Poll Finding

    This report explores the roughly a third of adults who have not received a COVID-19 vaccine and finds that, compared to vaccinated adults, they are younger, more likely to identify as Republican or Republican-leaning, with lower incomes and education levels, and more likely to be uninsured.

  • Who Remains Unvaccinated? A COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor Analysis

    News Release

    As more people across the country get at least an initial dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, public health officials are increasingly trying to reach the shrinking pool of unvaccinated adults – now roughly a third of all adults. The latest KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor report explores this group’s demographic profile and finds that, compared to vaccinated adults, unvaccinated adults are younger and more likely to identify as Republican or Republican-leaning. They also have lower levels…

  • Two-Thirds of the Public Say the U.S. Should Play a Major Role in Distributing COVID-19 Vaccines Globally, But Not Most Republicans

    News Release

    With increased attention to the global need for COVID-19 vaccines and the Biden administration’s announcement today about how it plans to distribute the first portion of the 80 million doses it will share by the end of this month, the latest KFF Health Tracking Poll finds that two-thirds of the public (66%) say that the U.S. should play at least a “major role” in distributing COVID-19 vaccines to other countries, including about a quarter (27%)…

  • Are Health Centers Facilitating Equitable Access to COVID-19 Vaccinations? A June 2021 Update.

    Issue Brief

    This analysis updates earlier work and examines the extent to which vaccination efforts through community health centers are reaching people of color using data from the federal government’s weekly Health Center COVID-19 Survey. We include data from the survey weeks of January 8 through May 21, 2021, finding that people of color made up the majority of people who received vaccinations at community health centers.

  • A Look at Parental Consent and COVID-19 Vaccination for Adolescents

    Feature

    Most states require parental consent at this point, though the landscape may be shifting slightly as more jurisdictions seek to encourage vaccination of young people. Parents and parental consent laws will play a critical role in the COVID-19 vaccination effort to reach children in the U.S., particularly as authorization moves to even younger ages.