There is a NEW BOOSTER There are NEW BOOSTER Recommendations You can click on this link to go to the CDC website to learn if you should receive this NEW BOOSTER. Here's some information to help guide you: 1. The NEW BOOSTER is different than the other boosters, it is consider BI VALENT - it protects against the original strain of the virus, but ALSO has additional protection against the very contagious and resistance Omicron subvariants. 2. Even if you received a booster previously, you should consider getting this NEW BOOSTER if it has been at least 2 months. REMEMBER it is also very important to get your
annual Influenza (Flu) Shot. Information about where you can get COVID19 Vaccines (Including Boosters), COVID 19 Testing and Monkeypox vaccinations can be found under “Find the Shot and Test” tab on this website. |
What are the overall Vaccine Reccomendations?
Here is a summary from the CDC
People ages 6 months through 4 years should get all COVID-19 primary series doses.
People ages 5 years and older should get all primary series doses, and the booster dose recommended for them by CDC, if eligible.
People ages 12 years and older are recommended to receive one updated Pfizer or Moderna (bivalent) booster. This is the NEW BOOSTER reference elsewhere in this post.
This includes people who have received all primary series doses and people who have previously received one or more original (monovalent) boosters.
People ages 5 years to 11 years are currently recommended to get the original (monovalent) booster.
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