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Parents who have already or will be vaccinating their infants and children this winter are in the majority for the flu and RSV, and an increasing percentage will also vaccinate against CoVid. The latest Texas A&M national online survey of more than 5,000 parents come the findings that 71% will vax against RSV, 63% will vax against influenza, and at least 40% will vax against CoVid.

This heartening data comes as the CDC reports frightening low vaccination rates for these 3 diseases. Only 16% of older adults, the largest target group for the RSV vaccine, have received it. A similar or lower figure applies to pregnant women whom the CDC say should receive the vaccine during their 3rd trimester so they can pass antibodies to their babies via the placenta.

For influenza, only 36% of adults and children have already been vaccinated this season. For CoVid, the vaccination percentages are an abysmal 17% for adults and 8% for children.

It is a fundamental principle of public health that everyone be vaccinated against these highly contagious and dangerous respiratory diseases in order to provide wrap around coverage for all. In our free society, you do have a choice, but the patriotic thing to do is to get yourself and your kids vaccinated. That’s the greatest gift you can give this holiday season to everyone around you and particularly to those most in need: our youngest, oldest, and immunologically weakest.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264410X23013038?via=ihub

https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/2023/han00503.asp

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