Who needs a booster as soon as possible? Can I time my shot for maximum protection at the holidays? Experts weigh in.
Gearing up for fall, health officials are recommending a new round of booster shots. , for people ages 12 and older.
Pfizer’s updated booster is available for anyone 12 and older. The Moderna booster is available for anyone 18 and older.CDC Director Rochelle Walensky told NPR.But after talking to several infectious disease experts, we found there’s a whole range of opinions on who needs to boost and when.
Wachter also agrees with the CDC recommendation that younger adults get the booster. Boosting can protect against the risk of long COVID and helps protect the community at large by reducing transmission, if there’s another surge, he says. Guzman-Cottrill says both her teenagers will also get the new booster “to protect us from COVID this winter so we can avoid sick days from work and from school,” she says.It won’t be a surprise if there’s another COVID surge this coming winter. Since the protection from boosters may only last several months, some people say they plan to wait to get the new booster in order to have maximum protection when the risk of infection is higher.
“You are basically accepting a period of vulnerability that you don’t need to have,” he says. “And as I weigh all that, my thinking is I’d rather not do that.” As SARS-CoV-2 has evolved, it’s become more transmissible, which is why delta and omicron led to such large surges, despite widespread vaccination in the U.S.
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