Millions of people are missing their second COVID-19 doses, and that has experts worried about herd immunity ydzhanova@businessinsider.com (Yelena Dzhanova)
The CDC said millions of people who got one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine are missing their second.
Some fear possible adverse reactions and others are simply unable to get the second dose.
Experts worry it will only be more difficult to achieve herd immunity if that 8% increases.
Over the weekend, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed millions of Americans who ve had their first vaccine dose against the coronavirus are not receiving their second.
Some fear adverse reactions, and others are simply unable to get the second dose.
Experts worry it could be more difficult to achieve herd immunity if that 8% increases.
Over the weekend, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed millions of Americans who ve had their first vaccine dose against the coronavirus were not receiving their second.
Many are unable to receive their second dose because of circumstances out of their control, like limited vaccine supply, scheduling issues, and access. Some are choosing to forgo their second dose because they believe they re sufficiently safe after receiving the first or they fear adverse reactions from the second.
Millions of Americans are skipping their second Covid-19 vaccine doses. Is that dangerous?
Moderna or
Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines have missed their second doses, according to new
CDC data a finding that has public health officials and experts urging the partially vaccinated to get their second shot.
New York Times,
CDC data indicates that as of April 9, 8% of Americans who ve received one dose of either of the two two-dose vaccines currently authorized for use in the country have skipped their second doses. That’s twice the rate of people who were vaccinated earlier in the pandemic. The data includes only people who got a first Moderna shot by March 7 or an initial Pfizer/BioNTech shot by March 14, the
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Millions of Americans are not getting the second doses of their Covid-19 vaccines, and their ranks are growing.
More than 5 million people, or nearly 8 per cent of those who got a first shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, have missed their second doses, according to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That is more than double the rate among people who got inoculated in the first several weeks of the nationwide vaccine campaign.
Even as the country wrestles with the problem of millions of people who are wary about getting vaccinated at all, health authorities are confronting an emerging challenge of ensuring that those who do get inoculated are doing so fully.