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Re:Research finds immune system responds to mRNA treatment f... by mike00632 on Friday December 17, 2021 @03:30PM (#29597942)
Do you have a source for that? Because my understanding is that even in young people (the original CDC target for the vaccine), the vaccination rate is under 50% in the US.

https://www.cdc.gov/hpv/partners/outreach-hcp/hpv-coverage.h....

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Re:Research finds immune system responds to mRNA treatment f... by s1artibartfast on Sunday December 19, 2021 @04:41PM (#29618702)
Here is a more recent link from the CDC that puts it at 75% started and 58% complete for adolescents.[1]

This isn't surprising because the CDC shows adoption going up a few percent per year. This year over year increase is more or less what you would expect given we are still in the adoption phase of this new medicine.[2] Eventually this increase will stall out with some people refusing to use it, but we aren't there yet.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7035a1.htm

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db354.htm

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Re:Research finds immune system responds to mRNA treatment f... by mike00632 on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @02:23AM (#29634893)
"for adolescents" is an important qualifier. Seems like the eligible population is still way under 50%.
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