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That's according to a midlands pharmacist.

Parents may be hesitating around vaccination in general following Covid vaccines- according to a Midlands pharmacist

It comes as a new AstraZeneca survey shows that 53% of parents would hesitate in giving their kids the flu vaccine.

That's despite children being twice as likely as adults to catch the flu.

Liam Butler is a pharmacist at Havens Pharmacy Butlers in Birr.

He says that parents aren't arguing the science of vaccines but the necessity of them:

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