Canadian wildfire smoke covers Minnesota, alert issued until noon Wednesday

MPR News helps you turn down the noise and build shared understanding. Turn up your support for this public resource and keep trusted journalism accessible to all. 

Turn Up Your Support

Remember last fall and winter when so many people were coughing, wheezing and feeling achy? We were facing 

a “tripledemic” of respiratory diseases.

This month, we’re going to be asked to roll up our sleeves for another round of vaccines to avoid a repeat of last year’s waves of viral illness. There’s the annual flu shot, 

 coming out and new protections against Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). 

But health officials are concerned that people may not line up for them. 

 again, “vaccine fatigue” is setting in. Fewer people are getting immunized against a wide range of infectious disease, and hesitancy is even spilling over into routine child immunizations.

MPR News host Angela Davis helps you sort out immunizations and talks with an infectious disease doctor and a pediatric nurse about what needs to happen to rebuild widespread trust in vaccines.  

Subscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on:

Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation.

Host

Author

As we say hello to September, it’s time to welcome another round of vaccines into our lives. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with an infectious disease expert and a pediatric nurse about COVID-19 boosters, flu shots, RSV shots and “vaccine fatigue.”  

MPR News host Angela Davis talks with an infectious disease expert and a pediatric nurse about COVID-19 boosters, flu shots, RSV shots and “vaccine fatigue.”  

Bracing for fall viruses and ‘vaccine fatigue’

Go Deeper.

Like this?