Why is a second COVID-19 vaccine dose necessary?
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The latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports over 55% of American adults now have at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, though recent findings estimated 8% of those are skipping their second appointments.
"Whenever you require more than one dose, compliance drops," Poland said in an interview. "People are busy, life is busy. I mean obviously, they got the first dose, they’re not anti-vaccine and then a variety of factors" such as appointment bungles related to travel, but also media-driven misinformation that can take a toll on vaccination adherence, he said. Research published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine focused on responses from 1,000 American adults who were asked about the vaccines in February. One-fifth of respondents indicated to the Cornell-led research team that they believed the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines, each two-dose shots, provided strong protection after only one jab, while 36% said they were unsure. Less than half said they believed the shots provided strong protection a week or two after the second dose, according to a news release posted to EurekAlert.org.More Related News