Dr. House
Dr. House
Monday, September 14, 2015
Vaccination Rates For Older Adults Fall Short Of National Goals.
reported that while vaccination rates for children “have steadily risen well over 90% the past few years,” the rates for adults over 60 “getting flu, pneumonia, tetanus or shingles shots...have stayed stubbornly flat and trail national goals.” Federal data indicate that three out of four of those over 60 do not get the shingles vaccine, while “nearly half” are not immunized for tetanus, four in 10 are not vaccinated for pneumonia, and “one in three seniors each year skips the flu vaccine.” http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/09/12/kaiser-ouch-vaccination-rates-among-elderly-lag/72147204/
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No, they aren't "falling short", the vaccine pushers are moving the goals. Selling vaccines to the elderly turns out to be very difficult. Expect that within a year or two acceptance of vaccines will be linked to some sort of benefits as in "get the vax or lose a benefit".
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