Ask a doctor: Should I still be worried about COVID-19? | 10.25.24 | Risk Less. Do More.
Oct 25, 2024
Dr. Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, strongly recommends this season’s COVID-19 vaccines to help prevent serious COVID-19 illness that could land you in the hospital. Certain groups, like people 65+, are at higher risk. Learn more at cdc.gov/RiskLessDoMore.
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if you're 65 or older it's important for
you to know about the 2024 2025 covid-19
vaccine covid-19 is still the
respiratory virus that's most likely to
cause
hospitalization about two out of three
people who needed hospital care for
covid-19 last season were adults 65 and
older nearly half were 75 and older
people with certain health conditions
such as heart or lung disease asthma
obesity diabetes or people who are
immunal compromised are also at higher
risk for serious symptoms and severe
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work against the virus strains that are
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