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August 29, 2021

4. The role of technology in COVID-19 vaccine registration

18% of online vaccine registrants say they needed someone else’s help to sign up online for the vaccine

18% of online vaccine registrants say they needed someone else’s help to sign up online for the vaccine

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4. The role of technology in COVID-19 vaccine registration
As of April, 57% of Americans reported having signed themselves up to receive a COVID-19 vaccine
As of April, most of those seeking vaccines had gone online to make appointments for themselves or others
Majorities of online vaccine registrants across age groups said in April that signing up for a vaccine appointment online was at least somewhat easy
Appointment availability was the top challenge reported in April for online vaccine registration
18% of online vaccine registrants say they needed someone else’s help to sign up online for the vaccine
About seven-in-ten people who signed up someone else up for the vaccine online said it was easy to do
Most common reason some vaccine registrants did not try to sign up online was success in using other methods
In April, 51% of Americans who hadn’t yet tried to sign up for a vaccine appointment said they weren’t planning on getting vaccinated for COVID-19