Thousands of Americans were persuaded to get their first shot in the week following the Food and Drug Administration's full approval of the Pfizer-BioNtech coronavirus vaccine, new data reveals.
Plus, the CDC says it is seeing a slight drop in vaccine efficacy when it comes to preventing hospitalization.Thousands of Americans were finally persuaded to get their first shot in the week following the Food and Drug Administration'sA new ABC News analysis found that initial data, stemming from the last seven days, indicates that since the FDA's announcement of the approval, the U.S.
"As expected, full approval was enough to convince at least some to finally get immunized," said Dr. John Brownstein, an epidemiologist at Boston Children's Hospital and an ABC News contributor. Experts caution that although the uptick is encouraging, there is still much work to do in convincing millions more hesitant Americans to get the shot., vaccine hesitancy among Americans has hit a record low, with only 2 in 10 Americans saying they are unlikely to get the COVID-19 vaccine, and 14% saying they are not likely at all.
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