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Low vaccination uptake among health care workers and calls to change messaging

April 4, 2026r/publichealth

In r/publichealth, weak influenza and COVID-19 vaccination rates among health care personnel are used to argue that traditional persuasion strategies are failing and that public health should adapt communication to the audience.

Good. Meet your audience where they are.
If the CDC and the medical profession can barely persuade 3/4 of the workers get vaccinated and 40% vaccinate for COVID… Then the evidence is clear that past practice is fundamentally flawed.
**Overall, 76.3% of HCP reported having received an influenza vaccine and 40.2% reported receiving the 2024–25 COVID-19 vaccine**.
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