The latest fall Covid booster is hitting a drugstore near you (both Moderna and Pfizer; as usual, Novavax will be delayed by enough time that no one will end up using it, I guess).
Some shots were available as soon as today, in some locations. We are booked for Wednesday for Pfizer.
This booster is monovalent and specific to the currently-circulating XBB strains and should also be effective against the new major mutation in the works.
As far as I can tell, anyone over 65 can get one additional booster at least 4 months after this one, then it's probably bupkis until next fall (and probably, yet again, AFTER the school year starts). Although protection wanes considerably past 4 months, I'll probably split the difference and do the 2nd booster at 6 months (and because there's some evidence that mixing it up is helpful, if Novavax is finally approved, I'll try that).
Some shots were available as soon as today, in some locations. We are booked for Wednesday for Pfizer.
This booster is monovalent and specific to the currently-circulating XBB strains and should also be effective against the new major mutation in the works.
As far as I can tell, anyone over 65 can get one additional booster at least 4 months after this one, then it's probably bupkis until next fall (and probably, yet again, AFTER the school year starts). Although protection wanes considerably past 4 months, I'll probably split the difference and do the 2nd booster at 6 months (and because there's some evidence that mixing it up is helpful, if Novavax is finally approved, I'll try that).
