National Institute on Ageing survey raises alarm amid triple threat of COVID, RSV and influenza.
” of COVID, respiratory syncytial virus and influenza that’s been pummelling the health-care system, a new report has raised concerns about vaccination rates for the flu failing to reach the Public Health Agency of Canada’s coverage goal for older adults.
“As Canada enters what is expected to be our worst flu season in recent years while still in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is more important than ever that Canadians get vaccinated against influenza,” the report reads. “Getting vaccinated this flu season will be very important both to reduce the risk of being infected with influenza, COVID-19 and RSV at the same time — and experiencing the potentially severe complications that could arise.
For the last two flu seasons, about 70 per cent of older Canadians reported getting the flu vaccine, 10 percentage points lower than the Public Health Agency of Canada’s goalpost. Data for the current flu season in Ontario won’t be available until after it is over. Compared to the national COVID-19 vaccination campaign, which attempted to provide all Canadians with at least two doses of such vaccines — referred to by the report as “one of the world’s highest vaccination rates” against the disease — the numbers are stark. As of October, the country has successfully vaccinated 90 per cent of people 12 and older with at least one COVID-19 dose, and 89 per cent with two in less than a year.
“Having flu clinics in the same way we have with COVID clinics makes a huge difference. And particularly for people who can’t get to urban centres as easily, mobile clinics are really important.”
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