 The CDC reporting COVID infections are up in 44 states with a new strain accounting for the majority of those cases. Dr. Ashish Jha, Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, recommends getting the COVID vaccine every fall now. For people who are high risk, older people, people with chronic disease, it's absolutely essential. I think it's a good idea for everybody else. And that's been my pretty consistent recommendation. Treat it like the flu vaccine. Dr. Jha says the new strain produces the expected upper respiratory symptoms.