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Half of Americans interested in getting updated COVID shot--poll

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The results suggest that more might be willing to get a booster shot than a year ago when only around roughly one in six Americans opted for an updated shot, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Nearly eight in 10 Democrats, 79 percent, say they will “definitely” or “probably” get the new vaccine, which will be made widely available by the end of this week. But only 39 percent of Republicans expect to seek out the updated shot, reflecting the sharp political divide that’s hampered the Covid response in recent years.

Still, both those numbers are much greater than the 17 percent of all Americans who got last year’s vaccine, according to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That suggests there’s ample room to make inroads with those who held out but might be open to getting a booster in the next few months.

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