Millions of Americans Decline Second Dose of Experimental mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines

Why Some Americans Are Skipping the Second Dose of the COVID-19 Vaccine

Opting Out of the Second Dose Due to Concerns About Adverse Affects

¹ Pereira I. 2nd vaccine shot statistics show majority getting it, only 5 million missing it: CDC. ABC News Apr. 25, 2021.
² Maxouris C, Andone D, Fox M. CDC data shows more Americans are missing their second dose of Covid-19 vaccines. CNN Apr. 25, 2021.
³ U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. COVID-19 Vaccines That Require 2 Shots. May. 24, 2021.
⁴ Maxouris C, Andone D, Fox M. CDC data shows more Americans are missing their second dose of Covid-19 vaccines. CNN Apr. 25, 2021.
⁵ Weise E. About 92% of Americans who got the COVID-19 vaccine returned for their second shot. That’s good, but experts say the rest should do it now. USA Today Apr. 29, 2021.
⁶ Waldrop T. Why so many Americans are skipping their second COVID-19 shot. CTV News May. 2, 2021.
⁷ Cavanagh M, Mudge R. Fact check: COVID-19 vaccines – Why are people missing their second shot? DW May. 1, 2021.
⁸ Ibid.
⁹ Ibid.
¹⁰ CDC. Different COVID-19 Vaccines. May. 13, 2021.
¹¹ Ismail L. Doctors say some are opting out of second vaccine dose in fear of side effects. News Channel 5 Feb. 8, 2021.
¹² CBS News. Millions of Americans have missed their second Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine dose appointments. Apr. 28, 2021.
¹³ Ibid.
¹⁴ Alberty E. Why thousands of Utahns have missed their second COVID-19 vaccine dose and how it might affect the spread of the virus. Sltribe.com May. 11, 2021.