Better Health While Aging

125 – Update: COVID Vaccination in Aging (12.16.21 Edition)

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 In This Episode:

This update covers Omicron, COVID boosters, plus how to search the CDC data to see just how well vaccines have worked, even in older adults. I also show the data demonstrating that vaccinated people age 80+ are still at higher risk of serious COVID than unvaccinated people under age 50; this is why fully vaccinated older adults should take precautions during the current surge!

(View the show notes page to watch my subtitled talk and my slides.)

This episode includes:

  • What do we know about Omicron so far, and will the vaccines remain protective
  • Should I get vaccinated against COVID?
  • Should my 90-year-old mother get the COVID vaccine?
  • How well does the vaccine work in older adults? How to use CDC data to see how well it works in different age groups
  • Should I worry that the vaccine might harm me (or my frail older parent)?
  • Who should get a COVID booster and why?
  • How to stay safer during the holidays.
    • Related Episodes:

    123 – Update: COVID Vaccination in Aging (10.28.21 Edition)

    Related Resources:
    • BHWA:
      • COVID Vaccination for Aging Adults: What to Know & Do
      • CDC:
        • CDC COVID Data Tracker 
          • County view (to check your local transmission rates)
          • Rates of COVID-19 Cases and Deaths by Vaccination Status
          • Rates of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 hospitalizations by vaccination status
          • Nursing Home Covid-19 Data Dashboard
          • COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Shots
          • Selected Adverse Events Reported after COVID-19 Vaccination
          • SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 (Omicron) Variant — United States, December 1–8, 2021 (report on first Omicron cases in US)
          • COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Dose Safety (from 11/19/21 CDC COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force Meeting)
          • From medical journals:
            • Preliminary findings from study after Christmas party in Oslo (Norwegian Institute of Public Health)
            • Protection of BNT162b2 Vaccine Booster against Covid-19 in Israel (NEJM Oct 2021)
            • From news and other media:
              • Omicron: What We Know About the New Coronavirus Variant (NY Times Dec 2021)
              • As U.S. Nears 800,000 Virus Deaths, 1 of Every 100 Older Americans Has Perished (NY Times 12/13/21)
              • For COVID-19, age matters as much as vaccination status (9/27/21)
              • I’m fully vaccinated and I also had COVID. Do I need a booster? (NPR Nov 2021)
              • COVID-19 preventable mortality and leading cause of death ranking (Kaiser Family Foundation analysis, Dec 2021)
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