About 1 in 3 Americans 65 and older who completed their initial vaccination round still have not received a first booster shot.
Frederic J. Brown / AFP via Getty Images fileEven as top U.S. health officials say it’s time America learns to, a chorus of leading researchers say faulty messaging on booster shots has left millions of older people at serious risk.
, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The numbers have dismayed researchers, who note this age group continues to be at the highest risk for serious illness and death from Covid-19.Scripps Research Translational Institute. Some older people, who were prioritized for initial vaccination in January 2021, are now more than a year from their last shot. Adding to the confusion: The
published in April found that those who received a third dose of an mRNA vaccine were as much as 79 percent less likely to die from Covid than those who received only two shots.
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