The new COVID booster will protect older Americans this flu season. Here’s how to get shots into arms

Harvard Public Health – The new bivalent booster protects against the original COVID and the dominant Omicron variant. And yet, only 5% of adults eligible for the new COVID booster have received it. Local health departments can change that. Public health leaders have blamed Americans’ lack of urgency on mixed public health messaging about boosters, vaccine hesitancy, and pandemic fatigue. But vaccine hesitancy among the elderly, the highest risk group, is uncommon. Almost everyone 65 and older—93%—has received their first two shots.