Commentary
An investigation of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging's data on influenza vaccine uptake among Canadian adults before and during the COVID-19 pandemic (CLSA)
Author(s): Anne Williams*
Understanding how influenza vaccine uptake changed during the 2020/2021 influenza season compared to past pre-pandemic seasons, as well as determining the link between prior influenza vaccination and willingness to get the COVID-19 vaccine, is a top objective. We studied data from a large, nationally representative cohort of Canadian citizens aged 50 and older three times between 2015 and 2020 to determine influenza vaccination status. Using logistic regression models, we looked at changes in selfreported influenza vaccine uptake, predictors of influenza vaccine uptake in 2020/2021, and the relationship between influenza vaccination history and self-reported COVID-19 vaccine willingness. Influenza vaccination rose with time among the 23,385 individuals assessed for goals 1–2: 14,114 (60.4 percent) in 2015–2018, 15,692 (67.1 percent) in 2019/2020, and 19,186 (82.0 percent) .. Read More»
DOI:
10.37532/puljcmid.2022.5(1).09-10
