In about one-third of U.S. states, booster rates for residents are less than the national average among nursing homes, and three states have yet to crack an average of 60% of residents boosted in each facility.
Nationally, about 72% of residents are boosted in each nursing home, according to data from theMORE: Gap in COVID-19 vaccine uptake between urban and rural areas in the US continues to widen: CDC
When it comes to booster uptake among nursing home staff members, the numbers are even lower than residents.Percentage of Current Completely Vaccinated Residents with COVID-19 Booster Doses per Facility Yet some nursing homes have been struggling to boost their residents. In three states -- Florida, Arizona and Nevada -- not even 60% of residents per facility on average have been boosted.
"In Florida, the initial vaccines were very much promoted for our older population," she said."It was very strongly put out there that seniors were first and they were going to get vaccinated." "When it came time to do the booster rollout, this was really left up to the nursing homes to handle the booster clinics," he said."They do a flu vaccine every year for staff and residents and there was some thought that they could do this. Some did but there was also some really slow rollout that highlighted the haves and have nots across nursing homes."
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