CET Wave99

CET W99 (fields 5/19 - 5/21): 

As part of the COVID-19 Public Education Campaign market research efforts, the Current Events Tracker (CET) is a flexible survey vehicle designed for easy addition or removal of questions as applicable to the current environment.

• Updated vaccine eligibility awareness (Q1-2, refield with edits): Checking in on awareness of updated vaccine eligibility—this has come up in some IDIs, and we’d like to explore it with a broader audience.

• Public health emergency end (Q10-11, refield with edits): Asking about awareness of the PHE ending one more time, after it’s officially ended, to see if awareness changes. Text has been updated to reflect that the PHE will have already ended by the time the survey fields.

• Bridge program (Q12, new): Awareness of the HHS bridge program to ensure that uninsured people still have access to vaccines.

• Risk and testing (Q13-14, refield): Rotating in our regular questions about risk perceptions and test use.

• Cost concerns (Q15, refield with edits): Assessing concerns about costs associated with vaccines, testing, and treatment.

• Insurance status (Q16, refield): Including this question again to compare with responses to Q15, if sample size allows.

• Perceptions of immunity (Q17, refield): Refielding questions about perceptions of vaccine immunity to assess possible changes in views.

• Impact of COVID on vaccine views (Q18, new): Asking participants how the pandemic and COVID vaccines have affected their views of other vaccines.

• Flu and COVID vaccines (Q19, refield): Because Novavax is developing a combination flu and COVID vaccine, we’re refielding this battery to assess attitudes about getting both vaccines at the same time.

• PTN messages (Q20-24, new messages):

  • Vaccines are covered by most health insurance. For uninsured people, free vaccines may continue to be available, but don’t wait to stay up to date.  The best time to get a free vaccine is now.

  • When it's time to choose which brand for an updated COVID vaccine, you can get either one. You can get the Pfizer or Moderna updated vaccine no matter which brand you got before.

  • Studies show that people who get COVID more than once have higher risks for hospitalization, death, and long COVID symptoms within 6 months of their reinfection than people who only have COVID one time.

  • An updated COVID vaccine increases your protection from severe illness, hospitalization, and death due to COVID. 

  • If you are vaccinated or have had COVID, your immune system is primed to respond when you are exposed to the virus that causes COVID. But immunity can wane over time, so stay up to date on vaccines for the best protection.