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    Q&A: I’m eligible for a second COVID-19 booster shot. Should I get it?

    by Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times Mar 31, 2022 6 minutes
    Three vials of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.

    So you took the first COVID-19 vaccine that was offered to you and — if it was one of the two mRNA vaccines available in the U.S. — you went back on schedule to get the second jab. When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended a booster shot, you got that without delay too.

    Now, the Food and Drug Administration has approved a second booster for people 50 and older, and for anyone younger than 50 whose immune system is very impaired by disease or medications.

    The FDA’s move led the CDC this week to update its COVID-19 vaccination recommendations. But the agency’s language doesn’t actually recommend the booster for all those newly eligible. Instead, the CDC’s updated COVID-19 vaccine recommendations allow certain immunocompromised individuals 5 and older and anyone 50 and older to get a second booster of mRNA vaccine if they got their first booster at least four months ago.

    That parsing of language might make you ask: So, should I get another booster? Let’s get to that and

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