‘Vaccine fatigue’ and misinformation are driving the lower booster uptake

Felicity Nelson

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Felicity Nelson

Science journalist; strategy consultant

Felicity Nelson

 

Are patients simply bored of covid vaccines or is there something else going on?

While many Australians were impatient to get the first and second COVID vaccines, the third and fourth doses are a bit of a harder sell.

A survey of around 500 GPs by Healthed on 5 July explored some of the reasons for the low uptake of the third COVID shot.

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