What you need to know about the new omicron boosters, from Dr. PeterHotez. | via TexasStandard
A COVID-19 vaccination clinic hosted by the Central Texas Allied Health Institute in partnernship with the African American Youth Harvest Foundation in Austin, TX on Mar. 27, 2021., ones with an extra kick: These new vaccines are aimed at helping to control both the original coronavirus strain and the omicron subvariants, known among doctors as BA.4 and BA.5.
“I wouldn’t hold off. If your child is eligible for a booster, go ahead and get it,” he said. Only about 8% of kids under the age of 18 in the U.S. have gotten any booster, and in Texas number is closer to 4%. “And if it’s convenient, you know, you can get one in one arm and another in the other,” he said. “If you’re uncomfortable with doing that, that’s fine, too. By the way, I just got my flu shot at H-E-B, so go into H-E-B or CVS or or wherever and get your flu shot, too.”Is there an issue of safety?
“But there’s no downside of getting this combination booster, so I’m enthusiastic to get it. My wife got it. So I think, you know, this is going to be the way to go because right now, BA.5 is the dominant circulating strain, number one. And number two, we don’t know what’s out there.
“And the reason it’s mitigated somewhat is because so many people by now have either been previously infected, or infected and vaccinated, or vaccinated, some combination of that. So on a population level, it’s having some mitigating effects, but that doesn’t really help inform you much about an individual health decision,” he said. “So the bottom line is, if you’re unvaccinated totally, you’re at high risk of being hospitalized or worse if you get BA.
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