A Quarter of Millennials Avoid the Flu Vaccine Because of the Cost

In the time it has taken me to write this article, I have sneezed twice and blown my nose three times. I'm still recovering from the flu and am only at work because a doctor signed off that I'm no longer a contagious danger to colleagues. After spending a miserable week at home, I am positively pumped to get the flu shot. Apparently, I'm in the minority: Fewer than half of my fellow millennials plan to get the flu vaccine this year.

A survey conducted in September by Harris Poll on behalf of CityMD, an urgent-care-center network, found that 52 percent of millennials don't plan on getting the flu shot during this year's influenza season1475537354455. Of those, 49 percent said they don't trust that the vaccine will prevent them from getting the flu. An additional 29 percent worried that getting the shot will actually make them catch the virus. (That's a common misconception.)