There's a push to get boosted on Long Island following a surge in COVID deaths over the summer. The bivalent booster is ready, but local health officials say not many people are getting them. McLoganTV reports.
"The people that are dying are either those that are unvaccinated, have not had COVID, and/or may have been vaccinated, even with a booster, but haven't had a booster recently," said Dr. Aaron Glatt, chief of infectious diseases at Mt. Sinai South Nassau Hospital.
Glatt said people with weakened immune systems and elderly contributed to the surprising summer spike. "Although people have forgotten about COVID, it's clearly not gone. New variants are emerging. The incidents of the disease is still high to moderate in the New York area," said Dr. Bruce Farber, chief of public heath at Northwell Health.
Since April, the Long Island COVID positivity rate has been 7 percent. It was 0.4 percent in summer 2021, and 1 percent in summer 2020. "'It's not safe' or 'I heard you get these side effects.' It kind of makes them really hesitant to come and get the vaccine. We educate our community," said Abigail Fromm, a registered nurse at Mt. Sinai South Nassau Hospital. Doctors said immunity from vaccination or a COVID-19 infection can wane over time.
"Flu and booster. You can get them both at the same time. That's why you have two arms," said Farber. Although doctors are concerned about the Long Island summer COVID death surge, they said the number of local COVID deaths for all of 2022 is, so far, lower than for the same period last year.
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