“I would strongly suggest you get boosted now,” he said.
Pharmaceutical companies are already adjusting their existing COVID-19 vaccines to better attack the omicron variant, but Fauci said Americans should make it a priority to get either their first shots or a booster dose now, rather than waiting for a new formulation. “We really don’t know,” Fauci told ABC’s “Good Morning America,” calling speculation premature. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert and the president’s COVID-19 adviser, who said earlier Monday that scientists hope to know in the next week or two how well the existing COVID-19 vaccines protect against the varian t, and how dangerous it is compared to earlier strains. Rochelle Walensky said in a statement.īiden was joined by Dr.
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“Everyone ages 18 and older should get a booster shot either when they are six months after their initial Pfizer or Moderna series or two months after their initial J&J vaccine,” CDC Director Dr. The agency had previously approved boosters for all adults, but only recommended them for those 50 years and older or living in long-term care settings.
Separately, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention broadened its recommendation for COVID-19 booster shots to include all adults because of the new variant. He also encouraged everyone to get back to wearing face masks in all indoor public settings - a pandemic precaution that has fallen out of use across much of the country. He appealed to the roughly 80 million unvaccinated Americans aged 5 and up to get their shots, and for the rest of the country to seek out booster shots six months after their second dose.