Since October, the Covid-19 hospitalization rate among seniors has been at least four times higher than average.
When Linda Stewart felt a tickle in her throat a few weeks ago, she got worried. She’s a 76-year-old woman, and she was well aware of the risks posed to her and her husband’s health by Covid-19, flu and other colds that are sweeping the United States amid a rough respiratory virus season. “I don’t want to take any chances with my health,” she said. Throughout the pandemic, a positive Covid-19 test for a senior has carried an extra heavy weight.
So to seniors – and to everyone – I say: if you have not been boosted, go get boosted.” A recent survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 60% of seniors were worried about a rise in Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations this winter – a far larger share than average. More than 40% were worried that they would get seriously sick themselves, but nearly as many said that they don’t have plans to get the updated booster any time soon.
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