60% of Americans say they probably won’t get an updated COVID-19 vaccine
Six-in-ten Americans say they will probably not get an updated 2024-25 COVID-19 vaccine, according to an October Pew Research Center survey. Smaller shares say they probably will get an updated vaccine (24%) or have already received one (15%).
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended the updated vaccine to everyone ages 6 months and older ahead of the fall and winter months to help protect from severe disease and hospitalization.
Views of the updated vaccine are sharply divided across partisan lines, with Democrats and those who lean to the Democratic Party being more likely than Republicans and Republican leaners to say they will get the vaccine. The partisan divide is particularly large among adults ages 65 and older – one of the groups most at risk for severe illness.
Pew Research Center conducted this analysis to understand how Americans view the updated COVID-19 vaccine and whether they plan to get one. We surveyed 9,593 U.S. adults from Oct. 21 to 27, 2024.
