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Wait Until Fall to get the New COVID Booster

08/23/2023 12:49 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

People are thinking that they should get a COVID booster shot now given the  uptick in Covid-19 cases and students going back to school.  Experts are encouraging you to wait a month or two for the new booster shots.  The new COVID booster formulation target the Omicron XBB.1.5 variant, as recommended by a FDA advisory panel in June.

Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax are now working to update, test and mass-produce their vaccines.  They should be  available to the public by late September or early October, after they are officially authorized by the F.D.A.

Read more at The New York Times

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