Survey data shows strong readiness among young people for COVID-19 vaccination
As older teens and young adults become eligible for COVID-19 vaccination across the country, and younger teens await their turn, new survey data suggest a strong readiness that has grown since fall.
But just as with older generations, a shrinking but still sizable minority of people age 14 to 24 say they re not willing to get vaccinated, or that their decision will depend on safety.
That makes it crucial for public health authorities, health care providers and others to create vaccination-related materials that reach young people in ways that are relevant to them.
The vast majority of teens and young adults say they’re willing to get the COVID-19 vaccine or have gotten it already, a poll finds.
But as with older generations, a shrinking but still sizable minority of people age 14 to 24 say they’re not willing to get vaccinated, or that their decision will depend on safety.
The data, from the text message-based MyVoice national survey of youth based at the University of Michigan, appear in the
Journal of Adolescent Medicine, and supplemented by new polling data just received in the past week.
Eric Brandt, lead author of the new paper, notes that in the first MyVoice survey in October 2020, 76% of the 911 teens and young adults said they were willing to get vaccinated, though that included 33% who said their ultimate decision would depend on additional information. At that time, 20% of young people said they were unwilling to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
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