Vaccination rates drop immunocompromised fear risk of COVID infection
Keith Karrmann has gotten both his COVID-19 vaccination shots. But he has also gotten a new liver, which requires him to take medication that suppresses his immune system. So he is still wearing a mask. And as vaccination rates drop and/or stall in many parts of the country, Karrmann and others who are at high risk of infection remain on guard. “I think it’s very foolish,” Karrmann, 64, said, of people who are deciding not to get the COVID-19 vaccine. “People are being very foolish and very selfish. It’s very ignorant not to get it.” According to the Centers for Disease Cont...