Among the 32% of parents who say their child is unlikely to get flu vaccine this year, the most common reasons include concerns about side effects from flu vaccine (42%) and belief that flu vaccine is not necessary (40%) or effective (32%). Fourteen percent will not seek flu vaccine because they are keeping children away from health care sites due to COVID; 9% say their child is afraid of needles or does not want to get flu vaccine.
Only 44% of parents say their child's regular health care provider strongly recommends that their child get flu vaccine this year , and 23% say the provider recommends it; one-third of parents do not recall a provider recommending their child get flu vaccine this year.
, and 23% say the provider recommends it; one-third of parents do not recall a provider recommending their child get flu vaccine this year.
