DENVER — A study found that COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy waned over time for caregivers of children with autism, according to researchers at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting.
Most caregivers and their dependents received the vaccine following the FDA granting full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech’s formula last summer.
J. Kiely Law, MD, MPH, director of research operations at the Simons Foundation, said people with autism are at an increased risk for hospitalization from COVID-19, and autism caregivers are historically more likely to be vaccine hesitant.
“Parents were very