Vials of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine on June 21, 2022, in Seattle, Washington. (David Ryder/Getty Images)
[The Epoch Times, October 06, 2023](Epoch Times reporter Linda Jiang reported in Los Angeles) Autumn seems to have become synonymous with the spread of three respiratory viruses—COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Whenever this virus peak season comes, people are required to take various vaccines. However, a latest monitoring result in the United States shows that more than half of the people said they are very likely to receive the influenza and new RSV vaccines, but are unwilling to receive the new COVID-19 vaccine.
There are now new RSV vaccines and new COVID-19 vaccines on the market. The latest COVID-19 vaccine monitoring by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), a U.S. nonprofit organization, shows that 58% of U.S. adults, including three-quarters of those 65 and older, say they The flu vaccine will be available this year and some people have already completed it. In addition, 58% of people aged 60 and older said they would “definitely” or “probably” recommend a new RSV vaccine appropriate for their age group.
However, most people hold the opposite attitude towards the new COVID-19 vaccine.
Most Americans won’t get the new COVID-19 vaccine
KFF monitoring results found that although the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended a new COVID-19 vaccine in a September 12 poll, 53% of Americans said they would not take the vaccine.
The data monitored also include: About 4 in 10 people who have previously received a COVID-19 vaccine said they “probably” or “definitely” would not receive the new vaccine; the vast majority had not previously received a COVID-19 vaccine Adults who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 said they certainly would not take the new vaccine either.
Although public health officials say it is safe to get the flu shot and the COVID-19 vaccine at the same time. But only half of those who plan to get both vaccines say they will get them at the same time.
Since COVID-19 vaccines were first made available to children, their vaccination rates have lagged behind those of adults. In its latest survey, KFF found that a majority of parents said they would not vaccinate their children against the new COVID-19 vaccine. 14% of parents said that their children had been vaccinated before, but they did not plan to have their children receive new vaccines.
Adults and parents are less confident in the safety of COVID-19 vaccines than they are in influenza and RSV vaccines.
A new study of California prisons shows that people who received a booster shot of the new COVID-19 vaccine were more likely to contract the virus than those who did not receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Researchers analyzed data from 33 California state prisons from January to July 2023 and found that vaccination with the new bivalent vaccine (note: against the original strain of the new coronavirus and the latest Omicron variant at the time) The number of people vaccinated) is much higher than that of unvaccinated people, and the infection rate of vaccinated people (3.2%) is also significantly higher than the infection rate of unvaccinated people (2.7%).
The researchers acknowledged that the results were negative. Additionally, several other papers confirmed this negative result.
A CDC study found that among healthy adults, those who received the bivalent vaccine were more likely to be hospitalized; Cleveland Clinic researchers in June found that those who received the vaccine “on time” compared with others Or clinic staff who have received the bivalent vaccine are at higher risk of infection.
A report in the English Epoch Times earlier this year pointed out that although most studies show that vaccines are still positive in preventing serious consequences such as hospitalization, the effectiveness of vaccines will gradually weaken over time; one study found that vaccines The preventive effect on serious outcomes such as hospitalization and death gradually turned negative. ◇
Editor in charge: Jialian
2023-10-09 06:45:00
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