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Or we can take a shot act like adults and get the world moving again.
REALITY. DEAL WITH IT.
We have good, well tested immunizations against illnesses that - for the healthy (enough to pass a class 1) under 65 age group as a whole - are even more deadly than COVID for that demographic. Things like Diptheria, Tetanus, Hemophilus B, influenza....
Immunization rates - exclusive of those in the military - are fairly abysmal for these things.
Influenza Vaccination
- Influenza vaccination coverage for the 2016-17 season among adults aged >19 years was 45.4%, a 1.9 percentage points increase from the 2015-2016 season.
- In the 2016-17 season, coverage among white adults aged >19 years (48.2%) was higher than that for black (38.5%) and Hispanic adults (37.0%).
- Influenza vaccination coverage among adults aged >19 years with high-risk conditions was 59.7% in the 2016-17 season, similar to estimates for the 2015-16 season.
- Among adults aged >19 years with high-risk conditions, coverage was higher among white adults (61.4%) than Hispanic adults (52.0%).
TABLE 1. Estimated proportion of adults aged ≥19 years who received influenza vaccination by race/ethnicity* and high-risk status† — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2016-17 seasonexcel iconPneumococcal Vaccination
- Pneumococcal vaccination coverage among adults aged 19-64 years at increased risk for pneumococcal disease was 24.5% in 2017, similar to the estimate for 2016.
- Pneumococcal vaccination coverage among adults aged >65 years was 69.0% in 2017, similar to the estimate for 2016.
- Pneumococcal vaccination coverage among white adults aged >65 years was higher than that for adults of other racial/ethnic groups.
TABLE 2. Estimated proportion of adults aged ≥19 years who ever received pneumococcal vaccination* by increased-risk status† and race/ethnicity§ — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2017excel iconHerpes Zoster Vaccination
- Herpes zoster vaccination coverage was 34.9% among all adults aged >60 years, similar to the estimate for 2016.
- Compared with the estimates for 2016, herpes zoster vaccination coverage increased 10.0 percentage points among Asian adults but remained stable in all other racial/ethnic groups.
- White adults aged >60 years had higher herpes zoster vaccination coverage compared with adults of all other racial/ethnic groups.
TABLE 3. Estimated proportion of adults aged ≥60 years who ever received herpes zoster vaccination,* by race/ethnicity† — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2017excel iconTetanus Vaccination (Td and Tdap)
- In 2017, the proportion of adults aged >19 years reporting having received any tetanus toxoid-containing vaccination during the past 10 years was 63.4%, similar to estimates for 2016.
- Among adults aged >19 years for whom Tdap vaccination could be assessed, Tdap vaccination in the past ten years increased from 2016 to 2017 overall and by age group.
- Among adults aged ≥19 years, white adults had higher coverage compared with black, Hispanic, and Asian adults for any tetanus vaccine and for Tdap vaccination.
It is unlikely the rate will be better for COVID -19 in children and young adults.
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/imz-man...NHIS-2017.html