The Washington Post (11/27, Malhi) reported, “As the holiday season approaches, public health experts are sounding the alarm about low vaccination rates against the coronavirus, flu and RSV.” With travel and gatherings “on the rise, many people are heading into the next few months unprotected against these respiratory illnesses, which typically peak from December to February.” Experts are concerned “that the unenthusiastic embrace of vaccines could spark outbreaks and increased hospitalizations.” As of November, “about 37 percent of adults 18 and older had received a seasonal flu shot, while 19 percent had received updated coronavirus vaccines and 40 percent of adults 75 and older – the group at greatest risk – got an RSV vaccine.”
