Dr. FAUCI WARNS ALL VACCINATED PEOPLE OVER 50 TO DO THIS RIGHT NOW
The Infectious Disease Expert has New Advice for People over certain age.
For a Blissful Several Weeks, People in The U.S. Were Enjoying The SteadyDECLINE OF COVID. THAT COULDN'T LAST Forever, SADLY: Are Once Overall Cases Overall, With Nearly A 5 PercentInfections Infections In The Last Week, According to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Still, Many People Have Already Pushed The Pandemic To The Back of Their Minds, AS Officials Across The U.S. Lifted Most Restrictions and Precautions Amid Improving Numbers. Now, Recent Increasses in Covid Cases ARE Prompt New Warnings from Some of the Country's Top Virus Experts, Largely Directed at Those Who Have Let Their Guard DOWN.
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DURING AN APRIL 11 INTERVIEW ON MSNBC'SThe Reidout, Top White House Covid AdviseAnthony Fauci, MD, Discussed What theUptick of Coronavirus Infections Across The Country Country Could Mean for certain individuals. Accordinging to the infectious dissease Expert, some vaccinate People Should be getting another Covid vaccination shot right now.
"I recommend you go and get the [Fourth] shot if you're over 50," Fauci Told HostJoy Reid When Asked IF Individuals Should Receive Another Booster Now Gold Wait. "Very Clear recommendation. "
Both The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and The CDC UpdatedTheir authorizations and recommendations ON MARCH 29 TO ALLOW Older Adults and some immunocompromised individuals The Option to Get A Second Booster Shot of the Moderna Gold Pfizer Vaccine-As Long As It Has Been at Least Four Months Since They Were Given Their Initial Booster Dose. Purpose Confusing Messaging and Debates Among Heath Experts Have Left Many in This Age Group Unsure of Whey Now Not They Should Be lining up for an additional shot.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
The CDC's Updated Guidance Didn't Explicityly Say Vaccinate People Over The Age of 50should Get Another Shot. INSTEAD, THE AGENCY ONLY SAID THESE INDIVIDUALS "May Choose"To Receive has Second Booster-Stopping Short Of Outright Recommended IT, Which They Have Done In The Past. According toThe New York Times, The Agency's Decision Israel Study Among People 60 and Older Which Found That Rates of Covid Infection and Severe Illness Were Lower in Those WhoHAD RECEIVEED A FOUTH DOSE Of the Pfizer Vaccine in Comparison to Just Three Shots.
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The Israeli Study Doesn't Include Those On The Younger Side of the CDC's Updated Guidance, However, As Some Experts Have Noted. "I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THEData for Younger People, 50 to Even 60, "Monica Gandhi, MD, An Infectious Disease Specialist at the University of California, San Francisco, Told NPR.
Other Experts, LikeLeana S. Wen, MD, An Emergency Physician and Research Professor of Health Policyton and Management at George Washington University Milken Institute of Public Health, Have Said That Some Individuals Over The Age of 50 Might Be Fine Holding OffON THE FOUTH SHOT. "Someone Who is Between Ages 50 and 65, With No Medical Problems and Recently Had An Omicron Infection, Coud Probably Wait," Wen Told CNN On April 8. "Some People Might Defer An Additional Booster As Long As They Are Well-Protected Against Severe Illness. Others Want to Avoid Any Infection, Even Mild and Asymptomatic Infections. "
Purpose Wen and Otter Virus Experts Acknowledge That There are some Two Subgroups That Should Be Lining Up for Their Second Booster As Soon as possible. This dose is "Especially Important for Those 65 and Older and Those 50 and Older With Underlying Medical Conditions That Increase Their Risk for Severe Disease From Covid-19 As They Are The Most Likely to Benefit from Receiving An Additional Booster Dose at this Time," CDC DirectorRochelle Walensky confirmed in a statement.
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