5 IMPORTANT FACTS About the New Covid Vaccine

STAYING UP-TO-DATE CAN HELP KEEP YOU PROTECTED

NOT A BOOSTER As the folks at Johns Hopkins correctly point out, “Calling it an updated COVID vaccine reflects that we're not just boosting existing immunity from previous vaccination; rather, the vaccine builds a new immune response to [COVID] variants that are currently circulating.” ONE AND DONE “Everyone age 5 and older needs one shot,” says Dr. Sandra Fryhofer, an immunization expert for the American Medical Association. “For those age 5 and older, a single dose of the updated vaccine is all you need to be up-to-date, regardless of previous vaccination status.” THE TIME IS NOW “I would say October is when you want to start thinking about getting it,” offers Dr. Scott Roberts, an infectious diseases specialist at Yale Medicine. Since he's “anticipating that November, December and January will be the…

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