Nation Patient jeopardizes heart transplant by refusing vaccine; omicron’s new cousin in US: COVID updates January 26, 2022January 26, 2022 Celina Tebor, USA TODAY Comments Off on Patient jeopardizes heart transplant by refusing vaccine; omicron’s new cousin in US: COVID updates The average number of booster shots dispensed per day in the U.S. has declined from 1M in early December to less than half that number. COVID updates.