A second round of COVID-19 booster shots is expected to be approved for people 50 and older as soon as this week. However, the FDA is not expected to recommend the shots. Here’s what you need to know about this next stage in the vaccination process.
A second round of COVID-19 booster shots is expected to be approved for people 50 and older as soon as this week, coming about four months after federal authorities said all Americans were eligible for the first booster shot.It likely will simply say people in that age range who want them can receive them.When can I get my second booster?
Those robust antibody responses fade in the months after vaccination, but if a case surge is around the corner, now may be the time for more vulnerable older Americans to get another dose. Scientists emphasize that the protection against serious illness and death is already quite high after three shots of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines.It isn’t clear how much benefit most people would receive from another dose. There’s little doubt another booster shot would help keep some people from catching COVID at all, though even that isn’t guaranteed. Thatstudy found fourth doses were “somewhat efficacious” at preventing symptomatic illness.
The downside of a fourth shot is mostly the post-vaccination side effects people have been experiencing since the vaccine rollout began, according to a preprint of an Israeli study on people who received fourth doses. Typically, that’s no worse than flu-like conditions for a day or so.
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