Illinois residents have been slow to take advantage of the updated COVID boosters.
Tanvi Nayak, 22, receives a bivalent COVID-19 booster from pharmacist Morgan Murphy at the CVS store at 25 E. Ohio St. in Chicago on Oct. 13, 2022.
Eligible people, over the last month, included individuals ages 12 and older, who completed their original vaccine series, as long as it had been at least two months since their last dose or booster shot.Of all Illinois residents, ages 12 and older — including those who aren’t eligible for the updated boosters because they didn’t get previous COVID-19 vaccines or it’s been less than two months since their last shot — about 7.
It’s also possible not everyone understands how this booster is different from the last one, said Dr. Shikha Jain, an associate professor at the University of Illinois and CEO and co-founder of the Illinois Medical Professionals Action Collaborative Team , an advocacy group of medical professionals. People also may think it’s not important to get the booster because COVID-19 isn’t as prevalent as it once was. Cook County and its surrounding counties are all now at low COVID-19 community levels, according to the CDC. Unlike during previous stretches of the pandemic, COVID-19 doesn’t seem to be sending nearly as many people to hospitals. As of Tuesday, there were 968 COVID-19 patients in Illinois hospitals — far less than the more than 7,000 who filled beds during the surge last January.
Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Sameer Vohra said about two weeks ago he was encouraged by the number of people who had gotten bivalent boosters at that point. He cautioned people not to let their guard down, even though COVID-19 numbers were declining.
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