More COVID shots are coming. Will a weary public be more interested this year?
A new coronavirus shot will be available starting this week, but the big question is how many people will get one.
Attitudes about COVID-19 are clearly shifting, as is to be expected since it long ceased to be the sort of suffocating public health threat that ground the globe to a halt. But health officials note that vaccines are a major driver of that progress, and continued inoculations — much like a typical flu shot — can help keep the coronavirus confined.
It’s clear that vaccines, once so desired that hopefuls endured hourslong waits or even hit the road in hopes of securing the shots, have become a harder sell as the pandemic eased and people moved on with their lives. Deaths and serious illnesses are down.
That’s not to say there’s no appetite for the latest targeted batch of shots, however.
Attitudes about vaccination
According to survey results released this week,
