Certain Americans at high risk from COVID-19 can get an extra vaccine booster this spring. The FDA is allowing an extra dose of the omicron-targeted vaccine for anyone 65 and older if it's been four months since their last shot.
“At this stage of the pandemic, data support simplifying the use” of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, FDA vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks said in a statement. “The agency believes this approach will help encourage future vaccination.”
The Pfizer and Moderna boosters contain protection against both the original coronavirus strain and omicron versions known as BA.4 and BA.5. While newer omicron cousins now are circulating, recent studies show the bivalent shots still are effective. But at least 250 people in the U.S. a day still die from COVID-19, many of them elderly or frail, and protection can wane.
“We do have vaccines that are available to protect against these severe consequences, so why not use them?” he said. “They don’t do any good just sitting on a shelf. So let’s give them to individuals who are at the highest risk who can benefit the most.”Still, only 42% of Americans 65 and older — and just 20% of all adults — got their first bivalent vaccine when they rolled out last fall, according to CDC data.
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