The New COVID-19 Vaccine You Should Get This Fall

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Amid an ongoing surge, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved updated COVID-19 vaccines for the 2024-2025 respiratory disease season.

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00:00We now have approval of the 24-25 COVID-19 vaccine. It's targeted toward the variants we

00:08see circulating in this country and around the world right now. Based on what we've seen going

00:13back to 2020, you know, we have now seen increases in COVID-19 disease, the biggest increase in the

00:20wintertime with smaller increases in the summer. We have needed to give modified or updated vaccines

00:28each year with some additional doses needed for our immune-compromised patients and older adults,

00:34and I think this very well may become an annual process. We have not done a great job getting

00:40people vaccinated for COVID to this point in this country. The group that's gotten most vaccinated

00:45are post-65 and older, and that's good because that's the group at the highest risk for

00:50hospitalization, but COVID leads to severe disease and hospitalization in people of all ages.

00:57We need to get everyone vaccinated six months of age and older. The vaccine is safe. It is effective

01:05mostly at preventing severe disease, but it also prevents infection for a period of months.

01:10Please get vaccinated. Take care of yourself, your family, and your community.

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