Who is dying from COVID now? This group represented 90% of deaths
Almost everybody who has died from COVID so far this year was 65 or older — and many had never been vaccinated.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/dying-covid-now-new-study-shows-who-s-highest-18409105.php

A study published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday reveals that older adults — those 65 and above — accounted for 63% of all COVID-related hospitalizations recorded from January to August, even as admissions declined for nearly all other age groups over the same period. ...
Despite their higher risk, federal data show only about 43% of adults aged 65 and older received the previous bivalent booster shot, which was available from September 2022 to May of this year. Among those hospitalized, 16% had not received any COVID-19 vaccination at all.

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Partisan views on COVID vax harden post-pandemic
https://www.axios.com/2023/10/06/covid-19-vaccine-poll-updated-shot

The big picture: About half of Americans say they plan to get the updated COVID-19 vaccine, while a small number report experiencing difficulty lining up a shot.

Some 70% of Democrats indicate they will get the latest COVID shot, which includes 8% who say they already have. That's compared to 28% of Republicans who plan to get vaccinated (4% already received).
Drilling down further: 45% of Democrats said they are "very likely" to get the shot, while 58% of Republicans said they are "not at all likely" to get it.
"Even though COVID has receded from public view, there is still some polarization and strong feelings," said Mallory Newall, vice president at Ipsos. "There's not a lot of Americans who are in the middle."

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Pittsburgh's top doctors warn of a growing "COVID complacency"
https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/pittsburghs-top-doctors-warn-of-a-growing-covid-complacency/

This week, the top doctors in all our local healthcare institutions came out with a joint statement warning against "COVID complacency."

In their offices and emergency rooms, they're seeing it.

"This is a real thing," said UPMC Chief Medical Officer Dr. Don Yealy. "We see that the biggest threat now with COVID and soon to be with flu is what we call 'presenteeism' that is people coming to work or to school, not taking precautions and infecting others."

He said that this is bigger than the self.

"It's not just about yourself, it's about everybody around you, and you can't tell from looking at someone how vulnerable they are," he explained.

While you might recover from a bout with COVID, Dr. Yealy said the person you could possibly infect might not.

"It puts people in the intensive care unit and on breathing machines and still kills people at a rate that's higher than influenza or many other respiratory pathogens," Dr. Yealy warned.