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COVID-19 Vaccination for Older Adults
Background Information on the COVID-19 Vaccination for Adults
As of September 2023, updated COVID-19 vaccines are recommended by CDC for use in the United States. The three updated vaccines (manufactured by Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, and Novavax) are being referred to as a booster by some, as the 2023-2024 updated COVID-19 vaccine or the updated COVID-19 vaccine by others. In any case, being up to date currently means having 1 updated COVID-19 vaccine dose for persons 5 years and older. CDC recommends the 2023–2024 updated COVID-19 vaccines as follows:
Everyone 5 years of age and older should get 1 dose of the updated COVID19 vaccine to protect against serious illness from COVID-19.
People who are moderately or severely immunocompromised may get additional doses of the updated COVID-19 vaccine.
Children 6 months through 4 years old need multiple doses of COVID-19 vaccines to be considered up to date, including at least 1 dose of updated COVID-19 vaccine.
The 2023–2024 updated COVID-19 vaccines more closely target the XBB lineage of the Omicron variant. Scientific studies show they will also protect against other currently circulating COVID-19 variants and continue to be the best way to protect against severe disease. Bivalent mRNA COVID vaccines are no longer authorized for use.
The updated COVID-19 vaccines may be administered at the same visit as other recommended vaccines to protect adults and children from diseases.
As per CDC data through August 2023, African American/Black adults and American Indian/Alaskan Native adults have the highest COVID-19 hospitalization rates, followed by Hispanic/Latino adults.
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Like COVID-19 and flu, RSV can cause older adults with underlying health conditions to be hospitalized. Adults 60 years and older can now protect themselves from RSV by getting vaccinated. Contact your healthcare provider to see if the RSV vaccine is an option for you.
RSV doesn’t just affect babies; it can make older adults seriously sick. The CDC recommends that adults 60 and older may get vaccinated against RSV. Get ahead of RSV this winter. Contact your healthcare provider to see if the RSV vaccine is an option for you.
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Like COVID, #RSV can send older adults with underlying health conditions to the hospital. Older adults should talk to their doctor to see if the RSV vaccine is an option for them.
#RSV doesn’t just affect babies, it can make older adults seriously sick. Get ahead of RSV this winter, talk to your doctor to see if the RSV vaccine is an option for you.
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Talking Points: COVID-19 Vaccination for Adults
Older adults, people who are immunocompromised, and people with certain disabilities or underlying health conditions are more likely to get very sick from COVID. The more health conditions someone has, the more likely they are to have complications from COVID.
Getting your updated COVID vaccine can help slow the spread of the virus and slow new variants from forming.
Even if you have been infected with the COVID-19 virus in the past, it’s important to get your updated COVID vaccine to lower your chance of getting sick, and to lower your chance of having to be hospitalized if you do get sick. If it’s been at least three months since you were sick with COVID-19, talk to a healthcare provider about getting your COVID-19 vaccine today.
You may hear about variants and how the types of COVID out there can change. The updated vaccines available work for the current variants of COVID we’re seeing. Getting your updated COVID vaccine continues to be the best option to protect yourself from becoming very sick.
Protection from vaccines wears off after several months. It’s important to stay up-to-date on your vaccines to stay protected.
Stock up on free COVID tests that you can take at home at COVID.gov. You can fill out a form and have tests sent right to your home. You can find in-person locations to get tested for COVID at testinglocator.cdc.gov.
COVID-19 Vaccination for Children
Background Information on COVID-19 For Children
During the 2022-2023 flu season, 66 percent of children 0 to 17 years old hospitalized with the flu had at least one underlying health condition, such as asthma, neurologic disease, obesity, or immune suppression.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that all children six months of age and older (who do not have a contradiction) get a flu vaccine every year. Some children, six months through 8 years of age, may require more than one dose of flu vaccine in a season.
Flu vaccines can be administered on the same clinic day as other live and inactivated vaccines. Providing children with all the vaccines they are recommended to receive per the CDC’s Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule during a single visit has important benefits of protecting children and adolescents against many infectious diseases, and it also cuts down on the number of visits that patients and their caregivers must make to the provider’s office.
The AAP recommends antiviral prescription medications to children with suspected (e.g., influenza-like illness [fever with either cough or sore throat]) or confirmed influenza who are hospitalized, have severe or progressive disease, or have underlying conditions that increase their risk of complications of influenza, regardless of the duration of illness. Antiviral treatment should be started as soon as possible during a flu illness.
Antiviral treatment may also be considered in outpatient settings for children who are not at high risk for influenza complications but have flu-like symptoms or have confirmed influenza disease. Again, initiating treatment within the first 48 hours of illness onset is best.
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Vaccination means more things we love with the people we care about. Choose a healthy household this winter. Make an appointment today for your family’s updated COVID-19 shots.
Children with COVID-19 can also spread the virus to others in the family, including people whose immune systems may not be strong enough to fight off COVID. Choose to protect the entire family, make an appointment for your child’s COVID-19 vaccine.
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Vaccination means more things we love with the people we care about. Choose a healthy household this winter. Make an appointment today for your family’s updated #COVID shots.
Children with COVID-19 can also spread the virus to others in the family. Choose to protect the entire family, make an appointment for your child’s COVID-19 vaccine.
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Talking Points: COVID-19 Vaccination for Children
COVID-19 may be mild for some children, but not for every child. Even healthy children have ended up in the ICU or have had complications from COVID-19.
It may not feel like it, but COVID-19 is still around. Children and Adults, even healthy ones, are still getting seriously sick, being hospitalized, and dying from COVID-19.
Babies and older adults are being hospitalized for COVID more than other age groups. Children with COVID are also likely to get others in the house infected, like older family members who may not be strong enough to fight off the virus. It’s important to get your child/children and encourage older people in your household to get their updated COVID vaccine. Protect the entire family.