08/17/2021

Administration Plans to Recommend a Booster Shot Eight Months After Second mRNA Dose

Third shots could be available as soon as mid-September

U.S. officials tell The New York Times that the Biden administration is planning to recommend getting a booster shot eight months after a second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines. Third shots could be available as soon as mid-September, beginning with nursing home residents, healthcare workers and emergency workers.

The U.S. officials also expect to recommend a second dose for those who received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine but is awaiting the results of a clinical trial studying the shot’s two-dose regimen.

The Biden administration is reportedly concerned that the vaccines' protections are waning, particularly in the face of the more transmissible Delta variant. Israel, which was among the first countries to launch its vaccination campaign, has already begun administering boosters as data has shown declining protection from severe disease among its elderly population.

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