Getting Covid-19 and flu shots at the same time may help overall vaccination rates, experts hope

Covid-19 vaccination rates lag behind flu’s, but getting shots together may help | CNN Every year since 2010, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended everyone in the country aged 6 months and older receive an annual flu shot. Meg Tirrell CNN

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As Covid hospitalizations rise, CDC estimates presented at its meeting of vaccine advisers last week suggest that a broad recommendation for updated Covid vaccines will prevent 40,000 deaths and 400,000 hospitalizations — and not just among seniors. Making the recommendation for everyone 6 months and older, rather than just those 65 and up, would prevent 15,000 more deaths and 200,000 more hospitalizations in the next two years, the estimates show.

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