COVID vaccine recommendation from Public Health
Sunday, August 31, 2025
A: Dr. Eric Chow, Chief of Communicable Disease Epidemiology & Immunization for Public Health – Seattle & King County:
"In alignment with the Department of Health (DOH), we continue to emphasize that COVID vaccines are safe and they continue to prevent severe illness and reduce the risk of long COVID.
"Currently, we recommend COVID vaccination for everyone ages 6 months and older, including pregnant people. COVID remains a real health concern, especially for those who are older or have underlying health conditions that put them at high risk.
"I’m also very concerned about unvaccinated people, including babies who haven’t yet had an opportunity to be vaccinated. We’ve come a long way since the height of the pandemic, in large part because we have greater community immunity from vaccinations and previous infections. But for people without immune protection, the risk of severe illness remains high.
"It’s been almost five years since COVID vaccines first became available. That’s five years of observing, learning, and refining, built on decades of research beforehand. COVID vaccines remain our best protection against severe illness and long COVID."
"I’m also very concerned about unvaccinated people, including babies who haven’t yet had an opportunity to be vaccinated. We’ve come a long way since the height of the pandemic, in large part because we have greater community immunity from vaccinations and previous infections. But for people without immune protection, the risk of severe illness remains high.
"It’s been almost five years since COVID vaccines first became available. That’s five years of observing, learning, and refining, built on decades of research beforehand. COVID vaccines remain our best protection against severe illness and long COVID."
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