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    Why Wait 8 Months?

    You could probably sneak in a COVID-19 booster shot right now. But there are a few good reasons to hold off.
    by Rachel Gutman Aug 17, 2021 6 minutes
    Source: Eva Marie Uzcategui / Bloomberg / Getty

    Updated at 11:30 a.m. ET on August 18, 2021

    COVID-19 booster shots are now all but guaranteed for Americans. This morning, the Biden administration announced that Americans who have already gotten two shots from Pfizer or Moderna will be eligible to receive a third. The announcement confirmed earlier reporting this week from The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal on the plans, and comes just days after the FDA authorized third doses for people who have received organ transplants or have certain immune conditions.

    The new round of shots will be made available—pending an FDA authorization and a CDC recommendation—starting the week of September 20 to anyone who is at least 8 months out from their second shot. At this point, that list is made up mostly of health-care workers, residents of long-term-care facilities, and older adults. “In association with the dominance of the Delta variant, we are starting to see evidence of reduced

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