Teh One Who Knocks
10-17-2016, 11:27 AM
by Cimaron Neugebauer - KUTV Channel 2
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(KUTV) Parents say their kids think they are invincible, but now the demographic of humans that believe they are invincible has apparently widened to include grown adults who don't trust the flu shot.
A recent study shows the majority of millennials are planning to not get the flu shot because they don't see the point.
CityMD's study shows out of more than 2,000 respondents, 52 percent of millennials surveyed said they won't be getting the flu vaccine this year because of the following reasons:
49 percent said they don't trust that it will keep them from getting the flu.
29 percent said they think it could make them sick.
25 percent don't want to spend the money.
23 percent don't think they need it because they've never gotten the flu.
4 percent don’t know where to get the flu shot.
The study was conducted on adults age 18 and older to see if Americans planned on getting the flu shot during the 2016-2017 influenza season, which typically peaks between late November to March.
Twenty-five percent said they don't want to spend the money. The CDC reports the average cost of the vaccine is between $25-35. That's the price of a week's worth of Starbucks coffee every day or roughly filling your car's tank mostly full with gas. At any rate, it is cheaper than missing four days or more of work due to contracting the influenza virus.
In the age of Google it is astounding 4% of millennials claimed they did not know where to get the flu shot.
A Business Insider story suggests the reason millennials may be more likely to be anit-vaxxers is because they weren't born before 1963 when some of the rare and emerging diseases were really a problem. Now 1 in 5 millennials believe vaccinations actually do more harm than good and in some cases cause autism. Even though the now-debunked study wrongly linked autism to vaccinations in young children, according to Business Insider. The man who originally published the research linking autism to vaccination has now had his medical license revoked, the Business Insider reported. The study also was officially retracted in 2010. But many still continue to believe it.
A story in The New York Times tried to illustrate how hard it would be to get a millennial to get a flu shot.
A Midwest doctor's office, Northwestern Children's Practice tried to appeal to the millennial crowd and beyond by making a YouTube video playing off pop culture. The doctor's office did a parody of "My Shot," from the wildly popular and successful Broadway show "Hamilton."
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(KUTV) Parents say their kids think they are invincible, but now the demographic of humans that believe they are invincible has apparently widened to include grown adults who don't trust the flu shot.
A recent study shows the majority of millennials are planning to not get the flu shot because they don't see the point.
CityMD's study shows out of more than 2,000 respondents, 52 percent of millennials surveyed said they won't be getting the flu vaccine this year because of the following reasons:
49 percent said they don't trust that it will keep them from getting the flu.
29 percent said they think it could make them sick.
25 percent don't want to spend the money.
23 percent don't think they need it because they've never gotten the flu.
4 percent don’t know where to get the flu shot.
The study was conducted on adults age 18 and older to see if Americans planned on getting the flu shot during the 2016-2017 influenza season, which typically peaks between late November to March.
Twenty-five percent said they don't want to spend the money. The CDC reports the average cost of the vaccine is between $25-35. That's the price of a week's worth of Starbucks coffee every day or roughly filling your car's tank mostly full with gas. At any rate, it is cheaper than missing four days or more of work due to contracting the influenza virus.
In the age of Google it is astounding 4% of millennials claimed they did not know where to get the flu shot.
A Business Insider story suggests the reason millennials may be more likely to be anit-vaxxers is because they weren't born before 1963 when some of the rare and emerging diseases were really a problem. Now 1 in 5 millennials believe vaccinations actually do more harm than good and in some cases cause autism. Even though the now-debunked study wrongly linked autism to vaccinations in young children, according to Business Insider. The man who originally published the research linking autism to vaccination has now had his medical license revoked, the Business Insider reported. The study also was officially retracted in 2010. But many still continue to believe it.
A story in The New York Times tried to illustrate how hard it would be to get a millennial to get a flu shot.
A Midwest doctor's office, Northwestern Children's Practice tried to appeal to the millennial crowd and beyond by making a YouTube video playing off pop culture. The doctor's office did a parody of "My Shot," from the wildly popular and successful Broadway show "Hamilton."