Overview

• A Kaiser Family Foundation poll shows 59% of adults say they will not get the updated COVID-19 vaccine this fall.
• Among the 40% planning to get the booster, two-thirds worry it may not be available and over 60% fear their insurance won’t cover it.
• About 48% of parents report they don’t know if healthy children are currently recommended to receive a COVID-19 shot.
• Fifty-seven percent of adults trust the CDC for vaccine information compared with 37% who trust HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
• FDA Commissioner Marty Makary’s May rule requiring clinical trials for annual boosters could delay approval and distribution.