Penn Researchers Explore How COVID Misinformation Hampers Child Vax Rates

Misinformation remains a big reason why only about 30% of American children ages 5-11 are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, UPenn researchers found in a new study. Some still believe claims about vaccines that researchers say have been debunked. Kathleen Hall Jamieson, co-author of the study and director at Annenberg Public Policy Center, said "allaying these unwarranted concerns should be a public health priority." The research was drawn from a national probability survey of more than 1,600 adults across the nation, taken in April, June and September of 2021 and again in January 2022, months after the FDA authorized the emergency use of COVID-19 vaccines for kids ages 5-11. Read more from Axios here.