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52% Got A Flu Shot This Year

Only 24% of Americans say they or someone in their family has had the flu this winter season, but over half of all adults have taken preventative steps to fight against it.

Seventy-three percent (73%) say they have not been exposed to the flu this season, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.  (To see survey question wording, click here.)

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The survey of 1,000 Adults was conducted on January 12-13, 2013 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

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