
Flu shots uptake is now partisan. It didn't use to be
CNN
Uptake of the Covid-19 vaccine has, unfortunately, become partisan like so much else in our society... An examination of flu shot data suggests that which party people belong to is highly correlated with whether they have or will get a flu shot...
That partisanship appears to have transferred to at least one other important vaccination. An examination of flu shot data suggests that which party people belong to is highly correlated with whether they have or will get a flu shot this season -- something that was not predictive of flu shot uptake the last few years.
Take a look at two recent polls that have asked about whether or not people have gotten the flu shot: Axios/Ipsos and Kaiser Family Foundation. By assessing two polls instead of one, we know what we're seeing is a real phenomenon and not statistical noise.













