Posted on Aug 11, 2023
If you never got a Covid booster, get one now: experts
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Covid cases and hospitalizations are ticking up slightly in Washington state and King County, so people are wondering if they should run out and get another Covid shot.
Experts say some people should consider it: anyone who didn’t get last fall’s booster, and anyone who is over 65 or immunocompromised and didn’t get two of last fall’s shots.
“I would encourage them to get it,” said Shireesha Dhanireddy, an infectious disease doctor and professor at UW Medicine.
Her advice to doctors is that, if a patient didn’t get one of the Covid shots that came out last fall, they should give it to them now.
“If you have someone in your clinic that hasn’t been vaccinated, this is an opportunity to vaccinate them,” she said. “It’s been a year since that’s been out, and this person is finally interested in getting a vaccine — let’s just do it.”
King County’s public health agency agrees with her.
Experts say some people should consider it: anyone who didn’t get last fall’s booster, and anyone who is over 65 or immunocompromised and didn’t get two of last fall’s shots.
“I would encourage them to get it,” said Shireesha Dhanireddy, an infectious disease doctor and professor at UW Medicine.
Her advice to doctors is that, if a patient didn’t get one of the Covid shots that came out last fall, they should give it to them now.
“If you have someone in your clinic that hasn’t been vaccinated, this is an opportunity to vaccinate them,” she said. “It’s been a year since that’s been out, and this person is finally interested in getting a vaccine — let’s just do it.”
King County’s public health agency agrees with her.
If you never got a Covid booster, get one now: experts
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I see Shuttleworth thinks the Vaccine did nothing for him. So LTC you got covid 3 times. The Shot was not supposed to prevent you from catching COVID. It was supposed to mitigate the worse symptoms of COVID such as months on end in the ICU, being on a ventilator and death. And since you haven't complained about having been on a ventilator, months in the ICU and you are still posting which means you are still alive one must conclude LTC that the Vaccine did its job. It kept you out of the hospital and alive.
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