COVID-19 Vaccination and Implementation Science: How One Can Benefit the Other

As of September 16, 2021, more than 5.85 billion doses of the COVID-19 vaccine had been administered across the globe, 383 million of those in the United States.1 Two-thirds of the US adult population have been fully vaccinated, as have almost 83% of persons aged ≥65 years.2 These same numbers are reflected among nursing home staff and residents, 64% and 84% of who have been vaccinated, respectively.3 Vaccination rates have increased in the wake of the Delta variant, but they remain suboptimal.