KEY POINTS
Vaccine availability and accessibility varies with each respiratory illness including the flu, RSV and COVID-19.
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is expected to issue updated COVID vaccine recommendations.
Current guidelines restrict COVID-19 shots to people over age of 65 or those with certain chronic conditions.
Respiratory illness season is looming, but getting a vaccine might not be as simple as it has been.
The annual flu shot is not a problem and should be available as usual, with the new formulation a match for what’s expected to be circulating.
The respiratory syncytial virus vaccine is restricted to certain groups, based on existing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations.
COVID-19 vaccines, however, could be a lot trickier to o