5 Million Americans Skipped Second COVID-19 Vaccine Shot: Why?
Posted on AllSides April 27th, 2021
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Millions of Americans are skipping the second COVID-19 vaccine shot, according to data released Sunday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A report published by the CDC on vaccine completion status through April 9 shows that 8% of all patients — roughly 5 million Americans — who had one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna skipped the second dose.
The percentage of those not getting their second shot doubled from 3.4%, according to the CDC’s data through mid-February.
In interviews with...