Yes, everyone should get an updated Covid-19 vaccine By Jennifer Beam DowdOct. 13, 2023

https://www.statnews.com/2023/10/13/updated-covid-vaccine-for-everyone/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=278149414&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--NJJmfURbF9yGIhNLoKDRFv866zV6QnzWQC0jyPFIkxgvxUX83swahrn17yszZLxlx_ncB7H02sD3JgAvx64fgMkgYxg&utm_content=278149414&utm_source=hs_email Opinion: Yes, go get your Covid booster. All of you Uptake of the latest updated Covid-19 vaccine has been far from universal. One reason could be confusion over who needs it, with some people wondering whether only those at high risk should get another vaccination. Writing in a STAT First Opinion, Jennifer Beam Dowd of University of Oxford argues that updated Covid shots make sense for all of us, given vaccination’s individual and population-level benefits, especially when it’s not obvious who’s most vulnerable. “There is no clearly defined group that has no risk of severe Covid, and it is not easy to know who is at highest risk,” she writes, including older people who underestimate their risk because they’re pretty healthy. She’s also convinced by the likelihood that vaccination reduces the risk of long Covid and helps recovery for some. Then there’s this calculus: “Fewer infections mean less transmission. Less transmission means fewer cases. Fewer cases means fewer serious cases and deaths. That's math.” Read more.