Most U.S. dad and mom won’t get COVID-19 vaccines for youngsters youthful than 5 years outdated as quickly as they grow to be out there, a brand new survey exhibits.
The Kaiser Household Basis’s Vaccine Monitor survey reported Wednesday that 18% of oldsters with infants and toddlers say they’re “desirous to get their little one vaccinated immediately.”
One other 38% say they “plan to attend some time” to see how the vaccine is working for others, 27% say they are going to “positively not” get their little one vaccinated and 11% say they are going to solely achieve this if they’re required.
“Simply over half of oldsters of youngsters on this age vary say they don’t have sufficient details about the vaccines’ security and effectiveness for youngsters beneath age 5,” the survey’s abstract states.
The survey comes as drugmaker Moderna seeks emergency use authorization for a COVID-19 vaccine for youngsters from 6 months to five years outdated.
About 13% of the dad and mom of youngsters beneath 5 stated the Meals and Drug Administration’s delay in authorizing the vaccine for younger kids made them much less assured about its security. Against this, 22% stated it made them extra assured.
In February, the FDA introduced it was ready for extra knowledge on the effectiveness of a 3rd dose earlier than evaluating Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine for the age group.
Amongst dad and mom of youngsters aged 5 to 11 years outdated, 39% stated their kids have been vaccinated and 32% stated they’d “positively not” get a shot.
Within the oldest age group, 56% of oldsters of youngsters 12 to 17 stated their children had been vaccinated and 31% stated they positively won’t be.
Kaiser performed the digital dial phone survey of 1,889 adults on April 13-26. The margin of error was plus or minus 3 proportion factors.
