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Your comment prompted me to search for current vaccination rates, as I was wondering how many people are still getting these things. Here's what I came up with from the CDC's vaccination dashboard. There are several different methods by which they estimate the rates given below. (I initially wrote "measure" instead of "estimate," but changed it because none of the numbers rely purely on actually counting shots or people getting them.)

*These are not true data, but estimates based on surveys of parental/self reports.

As of January 4, 2025, 11.0% of children were reported to be up to date with the 2024-25 COVID-19 vaccine.

As of January 4, 2025, 22.8% of adults reported having received the 2024─25 COVID-19 vaccine.

*These are also just estimates, but based on reports of vaccines administered in specific reporting districts.

Children: Among the currently reporting 39 state and city IIS jurisdictions (out of 46), COVID-19 vaccination coverage ranged from 0.4% to 13.0%.

Adults: Among the currently reporting 39 state and city IIS jurisdictions (out of 46), COVID-19 vaccination coverage ranged from 4.3% to 22.0%. 

*COVID-19 vaccinations administered at retail pharmacies and American Medical Association (AMA) physicians' medical offices for adults 18 years and older:

• An estimated ~24.95 million doses of the 2024─25 COVID-19 vaccine were administered in retail pharmacies.

• An estimated ~2.76 million doses of the 2024─25 COVID-19 vaccine were administered in physicians’ medical offices.

*As of January 4, 2025, 13.2% of pregnant women had received the 2024─25 COVID-19 vaccine.

Vaccination coverage was highest among non-Hispanic Asian (22.6%) pregnant women and lowest among non-Hispanic Black (5.9%) pregnant women.

https://www.cdc.gov/covidvaxview/weekly-dashboard/index.html#cdc_data_surveillance_section_2-data-charts

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