Healthcare DIVE June 21, 2021
As you have seen in the news over and over again, we are making real progress in getting “shots into arms” to vaccinate Americans against COVID-19. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at least 63% of all American adults have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. This gives us reason to hope that life will return to some semblance of normalcy.
However, according to a recent Gallup poll, 24% of Americans do not plan to be vaccinated, and 78% of that population say they are unlikely to reconsider their plans. This resistance to vaccination poses a barrier to achieving herd immunity necessary to provide everyone a greater measure of protection.
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