Should I Be Immunized, and When? A COVID-19 Booster Update

🎧 ID specialist, Dr Paul Auwaerter, provides an update on the recently approved COVID-19 boosters discussing who should be getting it and the ideal time frame for the booster. MedTwitter

. There's certainly a strain of thought that updating the vaccine would be useful.

On the other hand, some proponents of sticking with the original set of vaccines point out that people who are boosted, especially if they're in higher-risk groups and are fully up-to-date with two boosters, are very well protected against landing in the hospital and experiencing severe COVID-19 or death.

Certainly, when patients ask me,"Should I get immunized, and when?" I'll first ask if they've ever had a booster, and if not, that's probably the first priority. Of course, many people have been holding out for this updated vaccine and will probably be getting it in conjunction with influenza immunization.

I'd still say it's important, as we don't know what this respiratory season will hold. Some modelers suggest that it could be another bad season, just like Omicron was last winter. If you've only had a primary series, or only one booster and you're in the higher-risk groups whose time has passed, it's important to go ahead and get that first or second booster.

For these new boosters, the one from Pfizer is approved for ages 12 and higher, and the one from Moderna is for ages 18 and older. You can get them 2 months from your primary series or your last booster. People would qualify in these age groups.

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