Less than one in two Australians plan to vaccinate against influenza despite NSW suffering through one of its worst seasons last year.
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About 45 per cent of people are planning to vaccinate for the upcoming flu season, a poll commissioned by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia has found.
Almost one in two baby boomers were vaccinated last year while less than a third of millennials had the jab, the survey of 1000 people revealed.
"Our research showed more than half of Australian adults mistakenly consider themselves to be at low risk of contracting the flu," the guild's president George Tambassis said in a statement on Monday.
"The flu virus can affect anyone, even the fit and healthy, so your best defence against the flu is vaccination."
NSW recorded more than 100,000 cases of influenza notifications last flu season - one of the busiest since the 2009 pandemic.
Australian Associated Press
