Santa Clara County's top health official urged residents Monday to get an updated COVID-19 booster vaccine if they are eligible to do so as the holiday season approaches.
A vial of the new COVID-19 booster, which includes protection for Omicron. is seen at AltaMed Health Services on, October 6, 2022.According to Health Officer and Public Health Director Dr. Sara Cody, just 11 percent of Santa Clara County residents have received the newest booster vaccine, which protects against the original COVID strain as well as two subvariants of the omicron variant.
Cody acknowledged that the slow uptake of the new booster may be due in part to fatigue around the pandemic, but argued that the risk of a serious COVID infection or developing long COVID can be easily mitigated by getting vaccinated. Cody also reiterated a point she made earlier in October, that while the county's case count is at a nadir compared to where it was in the spring and early summer, the amount of virus particles circulating in the county's sewersheds and, by extension, the risk of the virus spreading remains elevated.
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