Video: Boston infectious disease specialist explains why he might hold off on second COVID-19 booster
Updated: 6:16 PM EDT Mar 30, 2022
TO BE REMOV SEDURGICALLY. BE WN:E DO HAVE A LOT OF DEVELOPMENTS TODAY WITH COVID, SO LET’S GET TO THOSE. AS YOU KNOW, PEOPLE 50 AND OLDER ARE NOW ELIGIBLE FOR A SECOND BOOSTER OT. ALONG WITH THO WSEHO G TOTHE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE BOOSTER. PRESIDENT BIDEN RECEIVED HIS TODAY AT THEHI WTE HOUSE. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY AS TO WHO SHOULD GO GET ONE? I>> THINK THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE AT THE UPPER END O TFHE AGE RANGE IN THEIR 70’S AND 80’S, WHO MAY BE MORE LIKYEL THAN OTHERS TO ENCOUNTER FOLKSHO W EAR INFECTED BECAUSE OF THE THINGS YOU DO DAY-TO-DAY, WILL BE THE MOST LIKELY ONES TO GET BOOSTED RIGHT AWAY. THE BIG ISSUES ARE, WE DON’T KNOW HOW LONG THE BOOSTING MIGHT LAST. RIGHT NOW WE’RE IN A LL.UL I MIGHT SAVE THAT BOOSTER CARD FOR A LITTLE BIT LATER WHEN WE START TO’ A REAL UPTICK AND PLAY IT THEN. YOU PROBABLY ONLY GET TWO OTHREE MONTHS OF PROTECTION. ERIKA: YOU DON’T NEED TO NECESSARILY RUN OUT. DR. DANIEL K
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Video: Boston infectious disease specialist explains why he might hold off on second COVID-19 booster
Updated: 6:16 PM EDT Mar 30, 2022
Dr. Daniel Kuritzkes, of Brigham and Women’s, suggests people who are at highest risk of COVID-19 should get a second booster shot, but others may not want to get that additional booster right away.
Dr. Daniel Kuritzkes, of Brigham and Women’s, suggests people who are at highest risk of COVID-19 should get a second booster shot, but others may not want to get that additional booster right away.
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