CDC data for late 2024/early 2025 show only about 10% of healthcare personnel received a COVID‑19 vaccine, with national adult uptake stalling near 20%. This collapse in clinician demand suggests the seasonal booster campaign has lost legitimacy inside the medical workforce.
— If clinicians themselves are largely abstaining, public‑health messaging, mandates, and resource allocation around COVID boosters need re‑evaluation to avoid further eroding trust.
Reem Nadeem
2026.01.15
57% relevant
Pew’s finding of reduced confidence in scientists dovetails with the documented decline in clinician uptake of boosters; both signal that erosion of professional and public trust continues after COVID and constrains public‑health policy.
Chris Bray
2025.10.07
100% relevant
CDC vaccination coverage charts (page 12) showing healthcare personnel booster uptake near 10% and national adult coverage plateauing around 20%.
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