While holiday dinners and events loom, some health experts say they’ve witnessed a hesitancy around getting the flu shot — with some concerned general pandemic burnout and misinformation may be factors.
A vial of the influenza vaccine at a pharmacy in Moncton, N.B. Dr. Gerald Evans, an infectious disease specialist at Queen's University, has suspected misinformation could extend and lead to hesitancy about flu shots.
"The rates are generally at the very low end of what we typically see in the general population," said Evans. Evans said discussions with colleagues around Ontario have illuminated to him these trends extend beyond Kingston, where he is based. Ottawa Public Health told CBC it's seen good uptake of the influenza vaccine at its clinics, but pharmacies and health-care practitioners administer the majority of flu vaccines.
"I believe that people are fed up with COVID," he said. "Don't forget, we're at the tail end of a COVID pandemic, which we're still under. We've had multiple vaccines for COVID."Roumeliotis said, since COVID-19 hasn't been especially dangerous for children, he thinks parents believe they also don't need a shot for the flu. He also thinks people are conflating the severity of the flu and the common cold.
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