As post-Thanksgiving COVID hospitalizations spike, Dr. Jha urges people to get new booster
A sharp increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations since the Thanksgiving wasn't a surprise, Dr. Ashish Jha said Sunday, urging people to get the new vaccine The White House's COVID-19 coordinator on Sunday said a sharp increase in cases and hospital izations since Thanksgiving wasn't a surprise -- and he reiterated that holiday gatherings would be safer if people received their updated vaccines. "The good news here is that we can prevent those infections from turning into serious illness if people go out and get that updated bivalent vaccine," Dr. Ashish Jha told ABC "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz of the 40%-plus rise in COVID-19 numbers. "The updated vaccine is essential for keeping people out of the hospital . So we're making the case that we're at a point where it's safe to gather, but you still have things to do." Raddatz cited a statistic from Jha that less than half of nursing home residents had gotten thei...