A new study, published in the Journal of Community Health, emphasizes the importance of outreach to people who have mixed feelings about getting vaccinated.
The study looked at the attitudes of participants aged 55 years and older about vaccines at different stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The researchers accessed data from the COVID-19 Coping Study to identify people in the United States who were either receptive, ambivalent, or against getting vaccinated against the disease.
To date, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that 75% of the adult population is fully vaccinated, having received two doses of an mRNA vaccine or one dose of a single-dose vaccine.
However, though studies indicate that receiving a booster dose reduces severe illness by 92%Trusted Source, the CDC reports that only 47.1% of adults who are fully vaccinated have received at least one of these additional doses.
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