COVID boosters for older Americans may be more important than ever, according to a new report, as studies suggest the current COVID wave is much bigger than we realize. DBrennanTV reports.
"While Omicron is not as severe as Delta ... what we saw is a big surge in deaths among older people," said Denis Nash, professor of epidemiology at CUNY School of Public Health.Nash says a booster is crucial over time.
"It could mean someone that got their second dose of vaccine nine months ago, and we know that that's really gonna leave people susceptible to a severe outcome if they're older in this new variant era," he said.The CUNY School of Public Researchers surveyed adults in New York City by phone and text and estimate in the two weeks at the end of April and beginning of May, some 1.5 million were infected with COVID while official numbers said only about 50,000 were.
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