Poll sees older adults skipping updated COVID-19 vaccines – ‘They didn’t think they needed them’

By: Kyle Davidson

Outlets: Michigan Advance

Published: February 17, 2026

Words: 987

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago

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As Michigan sees growing rates of COVID-19 and high rates of influenza, a national poll led by the University of Michigan has found that 42% of individuals over 50 have not received a shot for either illness within the past six months.

In a survey of 2,964 adults over 50, 49% of individuals told the University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging that it’d been more than a year since their last …

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