New CDC data shows COVID-19 hospitalizations among Americans aged 70 and older are at least three times higher than among other age groups.
A son and daughter embrace their father, a coronavirus disease patient in the Intensive Care Unit ward, before his intubation procedure at the Providence Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, California, Jan. 25, 2022.among seniors are at least three times higher than any other age group, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.per 100,000 for those aged 70 and older sits at 6.93 per 100,000.
"It sort of really highlights both that this virus is still around and is causing significant illness in our communities, impacting our most vulnerable population, which is the elderly population," said Dr. John Brownstein, an epidemiologist and chief innovation officer at Boston Children's Hospital and an ABC News contributor.
He continued, "You know they may have gotten the original vaccine and then the virus, so they feel like they're. Additionally, we don't have the same level of messaging we once did about vaccines." What's more, over the same period, for flu, senior citizens are being hospitalized at a weekly rate of 18 per 100,000, also higher than any other age group, according to theBrownstein stressed the importance of making sure seniors are boosted, especially ahead of the holiday season, but also that they received their primary series if they haven't already.
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