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Collected Item: “High Rates of COVID Vaccination Among Adults With Autism”

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High Rates of COVID Vaccination Among Adults With Autism

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This is a news story from Health Day. Adults with autism have been shown to have higher rates of vaccination according to a new study. Those with autism are more at-risk for severe illness if they contract the disease, say researchers.

To get the data, researchers sent online surveys to 431 autistic adults in Pennsylvania. They showed that about 78% of survey respondents said they had received or intended to get a COVID-19 vaccine, and more than 55% said that they had received at least one dose.

In comparison, 42% of the overall adult population in Pennsylvania had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine as of the median response date for the survey (April 2, 2021), according to the study. The findings were published in the journal Vaccine.

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autism, science, study, vaccine hesitancy, vaccine, vaccine acceptance, ASU, HST580

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https://consumer.healthday.com/b-5-6-high-rates-of-covid-vaccination-among-adults-with-autism-2657257290.html

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Health Day

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2022-05-10
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