Getting Covid boosterscould prevent millions of days missed in school and thousands of hospitalizations for kids --study

Should you get the COVID booster? It could prevent millions of days missed in school and thousands of hospitalizations for kids If 80% of people five and older got their booster shot, nearly 29 million days of missed school could be prevented for kids. YahooFinance

New research predicts that higher rates of those five and older getting the bivalent booster shot could prevent millions of missed school days and thousands of hospitalizations for kids and teens. ...

A new analysis published Tuesday from the Commonwealth Fund and the Yale School of Public Health looked at the effect booster vaccination campaigns could have on youth hospitalizations, the number of days of isolation, and school absenteeism.

The researchers found that if 80% of people five and older got their booster shot by the end of the calendar year, over 46 million days of isolation, nearly 29 million days of missed school, and over 50,000 hospitalizations could be prevented for youth.

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