earlier versions of COVID-19 vaccines, which were first available to the public in late 2020 and early 2021. The past two years, booster shots to those initial vaccines were made available.
The new shot can be given to people regardless of whether they have been previously vaccinated against COVID-19.Older Americans, those aged 65 and older, are getting the updated COVID-19 shots at higher rates than the general population -- 46% have already done so.
However, seniors are still more likely to have gotten the annual flu shot, with 68% saying they had.This year, public health officials have also recommended that older Americans get vaccinated against respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV.
To date, 22% of U.S. seniors have gotten an RSV vaccination.In addition to age differences, vaccine intentions for both COVID-19 and flu differ by party identification, but more so for COVID-19.Among the subset of U.S.