Wisconsin health officials are concerned about low vaccination rates in our state as we head into the holidays.
Tom Haupt, Influenza Surveillance Coordinator with the Department of Health Services, says the influenza vaccination rate right now is about 23%, and DHS was hoping for significantly higher numbers. In addition, only 15% percent of the eligible population has received an updated bivalent COVID-19 booster.
These low vaccination rates coincide with an early onset of RSV, a respiratory illness that hits very young children particularly hard and for which there are no vaccines.
