I’m wondering how long after having covid we are supposed to wait before new booster. We all have mid-July covid cases.
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Wouldn’t recently having covid protect you for an extended period? I personally wouldn’t be in a rush after that natural immune boost.
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I got COVID-19 (probably BA.5, very mild case) last year and chose to wait about 7 months before getting the BA.5+ancestral booster, so as not to “waste” it in the first several months of heightened immunity (higher than the new normal of hybrid immunity over previous vaccine-only immunity).
“According to a CDC official, people with recent infections may wait about 90 days from their illness before getting the booster.”
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I think i heard on TWIV that 3 months from an infection is the minimum amount of time before getting a booster, and waiting 4 - 6 months is better.
ETA I just read Your Local Epidemiologist’s newletter and in it she says she believes 3 months is too soon (and will address this in more depth in a later newsletter).
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With this new booster, does Moderna have a higher dose than Pfizer like past shots? Also has anyone seen anything more about the Novavax booster?
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I saw it was behind schedule.
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YLE’s commentary on the ACIP meeting is at Your ACIP cliff notes - by Katelyn Jetelina
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This is the official recommendation. And yet during the CDC ACIP meeting yesterday, a doctor on the committee asked what to tell their patients who had just gotten covid about when they could get the new booster. The response was as soon as they felt better. ?!
I’m interested in Novavax because of the suspected superior durable immunity. Novavax did present at the meeting. But it hasn’t been cleared by the FDA yet, and who knows when it will be?
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I haven’t finished listening to this yet, but for those of us who are not knee-deep in Covid booster knowledge I found this (on the way to work) to be a good listen and update me on some of the basic info re: the new shot which is being recommended to be an annual addition to your immunization schedule.
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That’s a no for me.
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I’m getting the booster as soon as it’s available.
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I plan on getting my booster 3 weeks before the busy Parent Weekend October 20-22nd, so it will have time to kick in; until then I’m not going to be doing anything around crowds and I work from home so I should be able to avoid it for the next two weeks (although it is going around).
Unfortunately, S23 tested positive for Covid on Monday and so the timing of his booster needs to be totally reconsidered! (He’ll be checking with his doc today on the timing of the flu shot).
Thankfully he’s doing well and is in a nice isolation wing in a separate dorm where they can order good meals and have them delivered by the dining hall. (The two of us had Covid for the first time in December and were pretty sick at the time, I’m so glad he’s not having a case of it like he did then.)
My folks are going on an international trip next week, they’re in their early 80s and haven’t yet had covid; I finally convinced them to talk to their doctor about Paxlovid- they did and their doctor wrote them a prescription to pick up and carry with them. They’ll get the booster as soon as they can this week, but they leave a week from today. 
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H and I leave for London/Portugal on 10/14. We plan to get our flu shot and the updated Covid booster two weeks before our trip. We are happy the timing has worked out for us.
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Good plan. We leave 9/25, so timing not so good for me. I may get flu shot, though earlier than usual.
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Are they recommending stuffing with the same manufacturer as previous boosters?
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My spouse was able to make a covid vax appt at CVS this morning for next week. He is traveling for work in a few weeks so he’s happy to get it prior to that flight.
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@Colorado_mom If I were you I would see how soon they will have the new booster at your pharmacy and sign up to get it before you leave if possible. I would definitely get the flu shot.
Will they allow it early on, for under age 65? Last time I tried (old booster) pharmacist said no even though CVS website allowed it. May need to investigate.