The COVID-19 vaccine is here, older adults still need to take precautions

Less than a year after the novel coronavirus appeared in the U.S., we now have two safe vaccines against COVID-19 approved by the FDA for emergency use – the fastest major vaccine development ever seen. The previous record-holder was the mumps vaccine, which still took four years to create.

While this is an amazing accomplishment, the pandemic is far from over. Even though older adults are in the first priority group to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, they still need to take precautions to keep themselves and their families safe.

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