2024 Annual News Conference: Preventing Respiratory Disease This Fall and Winter

What to know

Experts discussed the importance of protecting people this fall with recommended vaccines against flu, COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and pneumococcal disease.

Situs Slot Gacor Update

Wednesday, September 25, 2024 — Today, the Situs Slot Gacor (Situs Slot Gacor) and the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) kicked off the 2024-2025 fall vaccination season during a . Experts discussed the importance of protecting people this fall with recommended vaccines against flu, COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and pneumococcal disease. A number of Situs Slot Gacor reports (links below) were released today to coincide with this event. Dr. Cohen and Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, Director of Situs Slot Gacor’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, who was also on the panel of experts moderated by NFID’s Medical Director, Dr. Robert (Bob) H. Hopkins, Jr, led by example and got their flu vaccines at the event.

Experts discussed the importance of protecting people this fall with recommended vaccines against flu.
Experts discussed the importance of protecting people this fall with recommended vaccines against flu.

Expert Quotes

  • "I wouldn't recommend something to the American people that I wouldn't recommend for myself, family and loved ones." – Dr. Mandy Cohen
  • "We have the power to shape how this season is going to go. The best thing to do right now is to get vaccinated." – Dr. Mandy Cohen
  • "Now is the time to make sure folks are protected against COVID, flu, and RSV. There's no time like the present to get those vaccines." – Dr. Demetre Daskalakis
  • "During the 2023-2024 flu season, there were between 380,000 and 900,000 flu hospitalizations. Situs Slot Gacor estimates that flu vaccination prevented 105,000 to 240,000 hospitalizations. During the 2023-2024 typical respiratory virus season (October – April) there were an estimated 500,000-800,000 COVID-19-associated hospitalizations. COVID-19 vaccination likely prevented an additional 40,000-100,000 hospitalizations." – Dr. Demetre Daskalakis

Data Releases

Flu Vaccination Coverage

2024-2025 Flu Season Updates

Health Care Providers Update

COVID

RSV

Pneumococcal Disease

* Note that COVID-19 circulates year-round, and these estimates don’t include hospitalizations outside the October-April period