Worrying number of respondents avoid attending A&E with asthma emergencies Reporter: '); As part of Asthma Awareness Week the Asthma Society of Ireland shared the findings of April 2021 patient and carer research which highlighted 90% of people with asthma would accept a Covid-19 vaccination, but that only 31% were vaccinated to date despite living with a respiratory illness. 50% of those surveyed had had an asthma attack in the past year. 14% had experienced an attack in the past four weeks alone, 19% in the past six months and a further 16% in the past 12 months. Worryingly, 26% of respondents said that they had avoided attending A&E with their asthma despite experiencing these asthma emergencies.