Key clinical point: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic appears not to encourage greater flu vaccination of young children as of the start of the 2020-2021 flu season.

Major finding: Among parents of children who received no flu vaccine in 2019-2020, 34% said the pandemic makes them less likely to seek flu vaccination this year, compared with 24% of parents whose children received flu vaccine in 2019-2020.

Study details: The data come from an online survey of 2,164 parents or guardians of children aged between 6 months and 5 years in the United States.

Disclosures: Dr. Sokol’s work was supported in part by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development but otherwise had no financial conflicts to disclose.