37 percent of people said they got Vaccine In the past, but they don’t plan to get it again. While 43 percent of respondents to the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center survey said they had gotten the COVID-19 vaccine and planned to get an updated one.
“We are at the beginning of the respiratory virus season, where there is the triple threat of influenza, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus,” said Nora Colburn, medical director of clinical epidemiology at Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital in Ohio.
Colburn stressed that vaccinations are safe and highly effective in preventing serious illness and death.
Colburn added that older adults, people with chronic medical conditions and pregnant women are particularly at risk during respiratory virus season.
Despite the high incidence of Covid-19 Over the summer, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that cases are declining or likely to decline in 31 states while increasing in three.
Doctors still encourage everyone except children younger than 6 months to get the updated COVID-19 vaccine, and recommend that adults and children older than 6 get the Flu vaccine every year.
