Here's the latest guidance from the infectious disease expert.
Despite virus experts and manufacturers touting boosters as the optimal protection against the Omicron variant, only 34 percent of fully vaccinated people eligible for an additional shot in the U.S. have gotten it so far, according to the CDC.
The CDC has yet to change its definition of fully vaccinated, however. According to the agency's most recent guidelines, which were updated on Jan. 5,"everyone 5 years and older is recommended to receive a to be considered fully vaccinated." A primary series does not currently include a booster shot, per the CDC.is two doses of an mRNA vaccine or a single dose of the J&J vaccine,'" CDC Director, MD, said during a White House briefing on Dec. 15."We are continuing to follow that science and it is literally evolving daily. And as that science evolves, we will continue to review the data and update our recommendations as necessary.
after the second dose, which is shorter than the original six-month timeline that the agency recommended when first endorsing booster shots., noting that individuals aged 18 or older who have come into close contact with someone who has COVID no longer need to quarantine if they have received all recommended vaccine doses, include boosters.
When it comes to people who have only gotten their first or second doses of the COVID vaccine, she added,"We do know that they do have some protection against severe disease and death but that they do have quite a bit of waning with regard to protection against infection. And since these are guidelines for quarantine, we really wanted to have those measures in place since they have had quite a bit of waning protection against infection.
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