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CDC says everyone over 6 months old should get updated COVID vaccine, will be available in 48 hours [1]

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Date: 2023-09-12

Hear ye, hear ye, this PSA.

From the Washington Post:

Virtually all Americans should get an updated coronavirus shot, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Tuesday, with the vaccine expected to become available within 48 hours — as the respiratory illness season looms. Mandy Cohen, director of the CDC, advised that anyone 6 months and older should get at least one dose of an updated shot. Her broad recommendation came after the agency’s expert advisers voted for a universal approach to seasonal coronavirus vaccination. The shots are intended to bolster defenses as the nation heads into the fall and winter virus season, when influenza and RSV are also primed to be on the rise. Cohen said the reformulated vaccines can restore protection and provide “enhanced protection” against variants currently responsible for most infections and hospitalizations in the United States. Cohen followed the lead of the agency’s vaccine experts who earlier in the day voted for the universal vaccination policy

The CDC Press release is here:

Most Americans can still get a COVID-19 vaccine for free. For people with health insurance, most plans will cover COVID-19 vaccine at no cost to you. People who don’t have health insurance or with health plans that do not cover the cost can get a free vaccine from their local health centers; state, local, tribal, or territorial health department; and pharmacies participating in the CDC’s Bridge Access Program. Children eligible for the Vaccines for Children program also may receive the vaccine from a provider enrolled in that program.

Those recently vaccinated should allow two months before getting the updated shot. Those who have been recently infected can get it “as soon as they’re feeling better,” per the CDC, and according to the Post article.

The move paves the way for some clinicians, pharmacies and other providers to begin administering the shots by later this week. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 13-1 to recommend updated shots from Moderna and from Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech, for anyone 6 months and older. [***] The CDC recommends that everyone 5 and older receive a single dose of the updated vaccine regardless of whether they have gotten a vaccine before. Children 6 months to 4 years old who have not received a coronavirus vaccine are advised to receive a primary series with two Moderna doses or three Pfizer-BioNTech doses. The doses should be from the same manufacturer. People who are moderately or severely immunocompromised and haven’t been vaccinated against the coronavirus should receive three doses of the updated vaccine.

It’s going to be a long winter. Get the shot.

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