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Pond Wars: US versus UK, vaccine edition. Whose seniors are more up-to-date on the Covid-19 boosters?

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Jeremy Faust, MD
Dec 13, 2022
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Earlier, I posted a rundown of Covid-19 bivalent booster uptake among adults ages 65 and up, looking at the best and worst US states and counties. This is a brief follow-up.

How does the United States compare with England on bivalent booster uptake among seniors? Booster rates among seniors is particularly important: The older the age group, the more important it is to be up-to-date on Covid-19 vaccines, because that’s the demographic where most of the mortality risk can be found.

One side of the pond is making the other side look quite…pathetic. And the winner is…

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