Infants and toddlers aren't the only ones who need vaccines. But they're the ones most likely to get them, which is making health officials worry. Despite the development of vaccines that guard against terrible illnesses people can develop as adults, only a teeny tiny number of people are actually getting the shots.

Here's what a new CDC report found:

Only about 2 percent of Americans ages 60 and older received a vaccine against shingles in its first year of sales. Anybody who had chickenpox is at risk for developing shingles, a super painful viral eruption, as they get older. The shingles vaccine cuts that risk in half.

About 2 percent of adults ages 18 to 64 got a booster shot against whooping cough in the two years since it hit the market.The booster toddlers get stars to wear off by adolescence.

About 10 percent of women ages 18 to 26 have received at least one dose of a three-shot series that protects against the human papillomavirus, or HPV, that causes cervical cancer.

Among people 65 or older, a high-risk age, CDC found only 69 percent get an annual flu shot; just 66 percent have had a one-time pneumonia vaccine; and 44 percent had received a tetanus shot in the past 10 years.

Okay, so, guilty as charged! But seriously, did you know about all this? The report said health officials are disappointed that more people haven't gotten these vaccines, even after so much publicity about the vaccines. But except for the HPV and flu shots, I didn't know about them. I would think this is the kind of thing doctors could tell us about or make a part of our checkups. So, do they know about them?

Another problem is the cost of these shots. $150 for some, $300 for the three-shot HPV one. Naturally, insurance coverage on these varies. 

Anybody out there totally current on their shots? Honestly, I have no idea.  

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