Have you been considering a COVID booster shot?
Dr. Jerome Adams assures you that they are safe.
The former U.S. surgeon general and former Indiana health commissioner adds that it’s safe to “mix and match” vaccines and boosters.
“There are some preliminary studies out there that suggest it might actually give you a little better efficacy, a little but better outcome, if you do mix and match because you’re exposing your body to slightly different versions of the viral proteins and that can provide a stronger immune response,” Dr. Adams told WISH-TV.
However, he does suggest if you originally got the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, then you should get a Pfizer or Moderna booster shot, since the J&J wasn’t effective as the other two vaccines.
This week, an FDA advisory board will meet to discuss the Pfizer vaccine for children between the ages of five and eleven. After that, the CDC is expected to meet and review the request for it to be approved.
Dr. Adams say it needs to happen.
“It’s clear that they’re expecting this to be approved within the next week or two,” Adams said. “The federal government is already preparing to get these vaccines in doctors’ offices where kids can get vaccinated.”
“The vaccine dose that is set to be considered is a third of the adult dose,” he said. “They did look at a smaller dose and they found that, not only is it safe, but they also saw that it’s just as effective as giving the higher dose.”
Dr. Adams said more than a million American children were diagnosed with COVID in the last six weeks, and he says that’s why his 11-year old will get the shot when it becomes available.
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No. Just no. Stop trying.