By Nick Dimengo Seattle (Knewz) — As the country continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic — with the highly transmissible omicron variant spreading quickly in the past six weeks — health professionals are pleading for Americans to get booster shots to stave off serious illness. Despite the pleas, according to new CDC data, via Fortune, a mere 40 percent of eligible Americans have already received their booster shots, which is far below what many health experts believe is necessary to prevent overwhelmed hospital systems. More alarming is that the average number of COVID booster shots being ad…