You may be wondering whether to get the second Covid-19 booster now or hold on a second, so to speak, and wait until fall.
Moreover, your immunity from previous vaccination or infection could be waning already. This is a bit like being at a job interview or first date and having your clothes slowly melt away. It could leave you a little too exposed during this uncertain “to surge or not to surge” period of time. This would be especially true if you’re at higher risk for infection or more severe Covid-19 outcomes.
Additionally, it’s not as if getting another booster would be particularly risky. There’s no indication that the side effect rate for the second booster is higher than that of the first booster or the primary series. The Pfizer second booster is exactly the same as Pfizer’s first booster, which was the same as the first two doses of the Pizer Covid-19 vaccine.
On the other hand, the weather is getting warmer and more humid. Activities have been progressively moving outdoors. All of this may decrease transmission of the virus to some degree. Plus, Moderna and Pfizer have been working on new Covid-19 vaccines that will be designed to offer better protection against the Omicron variants than the original mRNA vaccines have.
getting a second booster“is especially important for those 65 and older and those 50 and older with underlying medical conditions that increase their risk for severe disease from Covid-19 as they are the most likely to benefit from receiving an additional booster dose at this time.
Otherwise, if you are in the gray zone, so to speak, between 50 and 64 years of age without any underlying medical conditions or regular exposure to other people who may be infected, you could hold on a second. You could wait until later in Summer to see what more Omicron-specific vaccines are available. In the meantime, make sure that you maintain other Covid-19 precautions such as social distancing and wearing face masks while indoors in public.
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