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Many more seniors are getting COVID shots this year, CDC reports

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37.6% of Americans ages 65 and older had gotten a shot of this season 's updated COVID-19 vaccine by Nov. 2 .

That's a steep increase in vaccination rates compared with the same time last year .

Younger adults are also outpacing last year's rollout of the flu shot, though not by the same large margin.