COVID is surging across the globe for the fourth consecutive summer. In the United States, the latest tracking data from the CDC in hospitalizations due to the virus.
Dr. Paul Offit is the director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children鈥檚 Hospital of Philadelphia. He鈥檚 also on the FDA Vaccine Advisory Panel.
He says the rise in COVID cases due to summer travel is expected. The people is very low relative to previous summers.
鈥淭he people that are getting hospitalized [for COVID] are who you would expect, the elderly and particularly those 75 years and older,鈥 he told 1A. 鈥淭he public health response should really be focused on helping the most vulnerable people at this stage.鈥
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