The Center for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending an additional COVID-19 booster shot that targets the Omicron variant.
Doctors are encouraging people who are eligible to receive the shot to get it now before the fall and winter months because those are usually the seasons that they see a potential rise in COVID-19 cases.
The CDC’s COVID-19 forecast from September 2021 shows a high number of reported cases this time last year, and those numbers drop going into October and November.News4JAX spoke to an infectious diseases doctor at Baptist Medical to learn more about the shots. Anyone 12 years old and up can get the shot, and if you haven’t gotten a vaccine in the last two months, then you are eligible as well.
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