COVID-19 boosters will become as routine as flu shots – that's the word from health officials as the Food and Drug Administration authorized a second booster shot of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for certain groups of people.
The approval comes as a new variant, BA.2, is becoming more dominant across the country.. However, they say it’s not the time to let your guard down and want everyone to continue getting the shots and the boosters.
The Arizona Department of Health Services held a COVID-19 virtual town hall to discuss the latest vaccination efforts and offer advice for children ages 5 to 11. "Now when you ask about what’s going on in the hospital, it's night and day. About one month ago, if I had 40 people in the ER, about 30 of them would have COVID with COVID-related complaints, and now it's the opposite. We might have one or two that have COVID and the great majority just have traditional stuff," said Arizona emergency room doctor, Dr. Frank LoVecchio.
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