COVID-19 is still here

The coronavirus is still here and lurks in La Conner, in nearby movie houses, in dance halls and auditoriums and wherever people gather and however they travel. The year ended and 2024 began with Weekly News staff and freelancers, critical people all, sick with cases of COVID-19 It can happen here.

The national Centers for Disease Control’s mid-December data showed about 19% of adults are up to date on COVID-19 vaccines through Dec. 23, 2023.

For RSV vaccination, about 17.5% of adults are vaccinated. Almost 45% of Americans adult have gotten their seasonal flu vaccine.

The media website The Hill reports a December “Emerson College survey found Americans overall are split down the middle on whether to get the updated vaccine – with 51 percent nationally choosing not to. In the survey, 57% of respondents in the Midwest and surrounding states said they would not get the booster."