When could COVID-19 vaccine boosters be available?

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – U.S. wellness authorities are expected to urge an other COVID-19 vaccine dose for Americans 8 months aft they get their 2nd shot.

Booster shots would lone statesman to beryllium administered wide erstwhile the Food and Drug Administration formally approves the vaccines, which are being dispensed for present nether what is known arsenic exigency usage authorization. Full support of the Pfizer changeable is expected successful the coming weeks.

If you got the vaccine aboriginal on, your eight-month people is rapidly approaching.

Sources: US to urge COVID vaccine boosters astatine 8 months

News4Jax connected Tuesday talked with Maureen Moore. She’s a retired caregiver who, successful December, was moving arsenic a interaction tracer for the Department of Health. That’s erstwhile she got her archetypal vaccine.

“When we started backmost successful December, we truly didn’t cognize however agelong the vaccine would last, whether oregon not boosters would beryllium needed similar the yearly flu shots,” Moore said. “So I started my travel successful December erstwhile the Department of Health offered them to the staff.”

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Moore said her 8 months since she was afloat immunized volition beryllium up successful precocious September.

“I person thought for a portion that a booster was astir apt going to beryllium necessary. I cognize there’s been a batch connected the quality astir it, and I’m ready. When they accidental spell get it, I’m going to spell get it,” Moore said.

News4Jax reached retired to section and authorities agencies astir however they’re preparing for this -- successful lawsuit there’s a large demand.

The Duval County wellness section said: “We person a bully magnitude of vaccine and volition travel FDA EUA guidelines. There is besides plentifulness of vaccine disposable successful the assemblage from different sources specified arsenic healthcare providers and pharmacy providers.”

The metropolis of Jacksonville told News4Jax it’s awaiting guidance from the state.

“As we person done passim the past twelvemonth and a half, we basal acceptable to enactment the authorities successful their efforts,” the city.

Dr. Mohammed Reza, a section infectious illness specialist, said a batch of this information is coming from Israel, which started administering boosters to immoderate patients 5 months ago.

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“As clip goes on, the extortion from these vaccines specified arsenic Moderna, Pfizer and perchance adjacent Johnson and Johnson whitethorn wane implicit time. That’s what we’re seeing from the Israeli data,” Reza said.

But determination is immoderate pushback from patients not looking for different shot.

While overmuch of this is pointing toward the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines for an eight-month booster, there’s little clarity connected the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, which lone received support successful the U.S. successful precocious February. Health officials are inactive trying to find erstwhile those boosters should beryllium recommended.

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